Description: This malnourished woman prefers to wear flannel. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 500 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (60 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull grey iron scale mail. Her chestnut hair is lengthy. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. Now she works as a painting tutor during her time off.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 700 gp. Alexandrite (500 gp). Sard (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has white hair. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Herbalist again; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Bookbinder born in the past three hundred years. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.