Description: Standing 5'7", this woman wears a white vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her white boots flare out at the collars. She has wavy brown hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She takes great joy in being the best Painter in town.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. 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 Painter. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Tourmaline (40 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is dark but he possesses many violet ritualistic tattoos. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His green eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson brown hat.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Interpreter. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He's also a talented Mercenary, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 500 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp).

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. Her brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Dilettante arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gifted student she started as a Painter, but she got bored and became a Dilettante. She has achieved small success as a Dilettante.

Motivation: Expand her business; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 2000 sp. Black pearl (1500 gp).

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She carries with her a set of ceremonial daggers, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears her golden hair up. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 600 gp.