Description: She very much looks the part of a Painter, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'1" when asserting herself. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her skin is flawless and her green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to be a mortician again

Flaws: Emotional, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 160 gp. Obsidian (6 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This malnourished woman dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with tan slacks. Her head has been shaved. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears bulky black painted plate armor. His copper crest is greasy and uncared for. His gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Soapmaker mother left him crippled. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. His skin is light but he possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. He wears baggy violet pantaloons and a white scarf. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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 tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Dreali hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears bulky blue painted plate armor, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. 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: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This woman wears a black armored body suit, with a simple red line shooting up and back down, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears her rusty crest up. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She became a Sailor soon after.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 sp. Jade (140 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He has moderate length white hair. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Percival's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Percival hails from a village terrorized by drow. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 100 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). 5 Acid flasks. 5 Acid flasks. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She prefers to wear grey clothing when she does not wear armor. Her hair is red and very short. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

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 always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Cartwright business.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Helgret was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Helgret decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears a yellow top hat and yellow clothes. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Tim isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Elven unity. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 sp. Red garnet (90 gp).