Description: He wears baggy tan pantaloons and a black scarf. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is an amazing painter.

History: Cockaby lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Mason. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'6" when asserting herself. Her blue crest is singed and shortened. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her first spouse was a Shepherd, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Onyx (30 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His green crest is braided into rings. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is a Soapmaker first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. 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: Expand his business; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a yellow costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She keeps her long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a Seamstress first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. After a long history of fighting, Irann and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 700 gp. Rose (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his white robe. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Namfoodle was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 150 gp.