Description: She is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. She dresses like a well dressed Painter does. She has a hunchback. Her blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born in a small forest village. She worked as a nervous Painter and found it very stressful. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears dull green sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed longsword, just in case. Her black crest is lengthy. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Joker, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 24000 sp. Citrine (80 gp). Black opal (500 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She wears her black hair down. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Mason business.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the west. In her 16th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She's also a talented Slave Trader, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1200 gp. Violet garnet (1300 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Jet (60 gp). Red spinel (60 gp).

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has worked as a Cartwright like his father before him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and balancing his hectic life and new cartwright responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his green robe. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. 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 Engraver. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a nunchaku on his belt. His orange fur is knotted and matted. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 150 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. She has black eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others.

Flaws: Insane, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Azurite (14 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Rose (30 gp). White pearl (40 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her white hair is heavily combed to the right. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

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 will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Theirastra was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Debt. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. He carries with him a set of ceremonial daggers, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His blonde hair is cut short. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. Foxilon is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Slave. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 60 gp.