Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing. He has a very tight haircut. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 400 pp. Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (60 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. 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 extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. 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: He was born in a small island village. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp).

Description: This eastern woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her red hair is singed and shortened. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. When Tyna reached her early adolescence her Halfling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature, Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a white wide-brimmed hat and white clothes. She has wavy brown hair. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed white hat.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Black pearl (1100 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Jet (100 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Jacinth (5000 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is typically in his Painter uniform. He carries a battered morningstar and tarnished quarterstaff as well. He sports a flattop fur cut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Serpent is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. 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 Painter. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Painter for hire.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Painter responsibilities is difficult; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 15000 cp.

Description: This man is very fat, and dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with green slacks. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Tailor. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To be a Sage again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 6000 sp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and prefers to wear pastel clothing when he does not wear armor. He has wavy cinnamon fur. His yellow eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 900 gp.