Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He wears tattered old clothes. He has a hunchback. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is content; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 500 gp. Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp).

Description: An older man who is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, he is not a threatening figure. He has moderate length red hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is a great chef.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Masseuse for hire.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 500 gp. Eye agate (15 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is light but he possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has gray eyes and a pastel hat with a tan feather.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Crown-heir born in the past three hundred years. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: He got into the Crown-heir business at a young age. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He tends to his Crown-heir job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To be a Painter again.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Onyx (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Agatha enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Jeweler work with an outfit from a few towns over. Jeweler work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She became a Jeweler soon after.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Military, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 6000 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.