Description: A man of a pale complexion, he dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with black slacks. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 800 pp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Jade (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears a tan broad hat and tan clothes. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. 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 dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 4000 gp. Azurite (6 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). White opal (500 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Coral (90 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. Her brown fur is still thick. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her divine abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and she is content

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1000 pp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy dark red stubble. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has a hunchback. He wears his dark red hair up. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Laborer and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1200 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Silver ewer (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (11000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her red robe. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Sumnes was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1000 gp. Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'2" when asserting himself. His brass crest is thinning but still full. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A gifted student he started as a Masseuse, but he got bored and became a Glassblower. He became a Glassblower soon after.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a masseuse again

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 8000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp).

Description: A 6'1" western man, he wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a scimitar on his belt. His brown fur is greasy and uncared for. He has copper eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. In his youth he was a Interpreter, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. After a long history of fighting, Dynamic and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Rose (50 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.