Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is dressed in a clean pastel cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born in the west to a Stableman, Art learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Through the years after Art was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Art's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Hematite (6 gp).

Description: 3'11" and muscular, this eastern man wears baggy grey pantaloons and a white scarf. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Engraver work with an outfit from a few towns over. Engraver work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. 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'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: He wears a black tunic with grey highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes, and carries nunchakus. He wears his bronze crest down. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Medrash is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is a great chef.

History: The child of a Marshal, who enjoyed hunting, Medrash was taken on many hunting expeditions. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'5" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Assassin.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted, Extrovert, Logical. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 5000 sp. Bloodstone (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp).