Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple red line shooting up and back down. His hair is long and black with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his singing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Gilbert was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). White opal (600 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has hazel eyes and a black hat with a white feather.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Dyer and was forced into it by her family; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 700 pp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (50 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp).

Description: This western woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her clothes are grease stained in places. With wild black hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with singing. She constantly tries to fill her life with singing. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 12000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver ewer (80 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 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 (80 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 5000 gp. Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. She has a very tight haircut. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. After coming to the age of reason, Ilde took it upon herself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 6000 gp. Chrysoprase (40 gp). Rose (40 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Coral (90 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Alexandrite (900 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.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Bookbinder business.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Bookbinder. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and balancing her hectic life and new bookbinder responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 500 pp. Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Jet (110 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 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.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a simple brown robe with pastel stripes complete with hood. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Hunter was born the youngest of three triplets. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Flaws: Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 6000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.