Description: She is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. She has a hunchback. Her silver hair is smooth and relatively long. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Ida hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ida studied abroad. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Occupation: Performer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 200 gp. Violet garnet (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Obsidian (16 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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 has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'0" and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull blue iron scale mail. With wild black hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her green eyes.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 800 gp. Rock crystal (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Randal was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Randal decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 5000 sp.