Description: This tall, slender man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Bard school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Secretive, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 2900 sp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears baggy brown pantaloons and a grey scarf. She is an epitome of beauty. She has moderate length auburn hair. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Small steel mirror.

Description: She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light green in addition to tight pants. She is portly but not overly obese. She wears her white hair down. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Tieflings in Mastema's homeland. Mastema decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1900 gp. White opal (1200 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Emerald (1200 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has wavy white hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Nirgel was born the youngest of three triplets. He was taken from his home at a very young age. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Soapmaker they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Painter, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Slave. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 8000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is renowned for her bright grey dresses and hats. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Dyer. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Ida was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She moved out west to avoid the crime she committed. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

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.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Jeweler. Her black hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Dragonborn culture. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Amber (110 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 5'0" and muscular, this eastern man wears dull black sweaters, loose violet pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed falchion, just in case. He has no hair. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 700 gp. Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Black pearl (300 gp).