Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears long strands of sapphire and short yellow dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His hair is white and curly. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Painter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. A true patriot, Ashgarn would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Ashgarn was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Painter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 50000 cp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her long blue crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Masseuse who has hired her part-time. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She bought a shortspear and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 9000 sp. Black pearl (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Sindri is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Brewer. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Brewer for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.