Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. After coming to the age of reason, Helen took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern woman dresses well, wearing green shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has moderate length golden hair. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Millicent was born with her father's beautiful face. 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. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Millicent never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 6000 sp. White pearl (150 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, black shirt, and blue tie. His red hair is lengthy. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Scribe. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has achieved small success as a Scribe.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He tends to wear a large brown jacket. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: Randal hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Doctor they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Shepherd, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Family, Religious. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.