Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. His green eyes peer out from beneath his small brown hat.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Debt. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 290 pp. Chrysoprase (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born in a small desert village. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. 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: Many dire rats want him driven away; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a tattered pair of loose violet pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has auburn hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Arannis will drive conversation. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Arannis was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Carter and was forced into it by his family; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Family, Slave. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Aquamarine (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 6'3" southern man, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has dyed his greying red fur a little too much giving a sharp red color. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 100 pp. Moonstone (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull green iron scale mail. Sporting a silver mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Painter profession.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Cynical, Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 30 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and he perpetually has his greataxe ready. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Hubert will drive conversation. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Hubert was born with his mother's beautiful face. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Fletcher. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he's in love

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Athletic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1000 cp. Brown-green garnet (120 gp).

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a worn and beaten armor. He has no hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Lûga was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has worked as a Map Maker like his father before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.