Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a warhammer, but if one is not available he will default to his quarterstaff. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Painter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Poor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her quarterstaff, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. Her blonde hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He wears a simple brown robe with green stripes complete with hood, marred by beers. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Addict. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has slicked back red hair. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Herleva hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Sellsword they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Detective, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 800 gp.