Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. She has no hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Red spinel (90 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Emerald (800 gp).

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and yellow, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Hadwisa hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. After coming to the age of reason, Hadwisa took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Deep green spinel (50 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'5" northern man, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his nunchaku with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His silver hair is braided into rings. His ears are large.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 24. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. Ernest enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has achieved small success as a Map Maker.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 100 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.