Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She keeps her long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Mara hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She takes great joy in being the best Dyer in town.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Mara was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Dyer. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze, and is pretty ugly. He has no hair. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: Beloril hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Beloril fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a bow, but if one is not available he will default to his nunchaku, and carries nunchakus. He has wavy brown hair. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born in the east. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He is portly but not overly obese. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born into a rich family. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and regain custody of his son

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy, Greedy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are amber.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Locksmith born in the past three hundred years. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Rrath has worked very hard to control his curse. He's also a talented Dilettante, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His ears are large.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Thervan was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Obsidian (9 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.