Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her white hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are black.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She got into the Painter business at a young age. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Painter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She tends to her Painter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 9000 gp. Black pearl (700 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Rose (20 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears long strands of topaz and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1200 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (30 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 5'4" northern man, he is wearing a long, pastel cloak. He wears his gray fur up. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Painter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Painter and was forced into it by his family; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 7000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her white hair is knotted and matted. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. Some 3 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Shautha never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1700 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (60 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 3'6" eastern woman, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Unvera is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

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

Possessions: 6000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he usually wears his brown robe and has his flail always slung over his shoulder. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. Percival is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Nature, In love. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 8000 gp. Black pearl (600 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Jade (70 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Jet (70 gp). Canary diamond (3000 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp).

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his sai, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He is baby faced.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Beiro has worked very hard to control his curse. He has worked as a Apothecary like his father before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Apothecary responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Obsidian (16 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Coral (60 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 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.