Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He keeps his auburn hair in a flapper bob. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Born to a Apothecary, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has worked as a Painter like his mother before him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing his hectic life and new painter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Poor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 40000 cp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 5'9" and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He has no hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Laborer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Being a Laborer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 4000 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'10", this woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has wavy silver hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Hadwisa liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Religious, Nature, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep red leather and dull violet iron scale mail. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. He struck the Painter job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.