Description: This late middle aged woman wears dark leathers with embroidery and is in decent physical shape. Her tied-back hair is white. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born in the north to a Ruler, Agnes learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. A gifted student she started as a Healer, but she got bored and became a Ruler. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 40000 cp. Chalcedony (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Citrine (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her grey robe. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Painter born in the past three hundred years. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Matilda grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Matilda. She struck the Painter job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: He is a husky man, who dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He wears a colorful flower in his brown hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: He was born in the east. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Adelard was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a deep hatred of drow

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears an entirely tan suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His blonde hair is braided into rings. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Geoffrey speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.