Description: This exceptionally lanky woman prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. She keeps her long blue crest kept up in a rat tail. Her fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 500 gp. Amethyst (120 gp). White opal (700 gp).

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. He is physically well-built. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His ears are large.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 3000 sp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a green vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his green boots flare out at the collars, and is pretty ugly. His brown hair is lengthy. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is a Architect first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He refers to his adoptive father 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: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Zephan was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 2300 sp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a shortbow on his belt. His silver hair is knotted and matted. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His head has been shaved. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Scribe hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ûshgol fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'11" when asserting himself. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in the east to a Mason, Alex learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. 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 Mason. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Laborer. His bronze crest is matted, messy, and big. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1900 gp. Violet garnet (1600 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Brown diamond (2000 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp).