Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose yellow pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Painter born in the past three hundred years. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Painter for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new painter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She carries a battered pickaxe and tarnished axe as well. Her golden hair is knotted and matted. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Meriele was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Meriele fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Job, Debt. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears suspenders and white workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. She is an epitome of beauty. Her silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. A freak accident while working with her Detective mother left her crippled. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Guardian, Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His fur, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. 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 hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Stableman hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. Her skin is light but she possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. She sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has no hair. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Merchant; and she would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and he perpetually has his falchion ready. He has moderate length chestnut hair. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Fargrim fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Insane, Lazy. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 390 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His skin is flawless and his red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Direcris hails from a village terrorized by giants. His first spouse was a Apothecary, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Just what you see.