Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and is dressed in earthy colors with a white and blue handkerchief worn on his left side. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Ernest speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Ernest was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist, Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Hematite (13 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her hair is black and curly. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Katherine was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Locksmith. She struck the Locksmith job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and expand her business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is portly but not overly obese. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gifted student he started as a Priest, but he got bored and became a Bather. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Bather for hire.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 500 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears long strands of emerald and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Sporting a black mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is mildly Human supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She worked as a nervous Jeweler and found it very stressful. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Jeweler for the past few years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Racist, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Just what you see.