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). His white hair is long and unkept. He has blue eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Painter born in the past three hundred years. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. 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 Dyer. He struck the Dyer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Expand his business; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Nature, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears tattered old clothes. Her blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 70 gp. Amber (130 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman wears a brown deerstalker hat and brown clothes. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Her childhood dream was to be a Sage, but she was a colossal failure. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 2400 gp. Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Sard (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 4'9", this man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: The child of a Adventurer, who enjoyed hunting, Roland was taken on many hunting expeditions. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist, Insane. Bonds: Nature, In love. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 600 gp.