Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her grey robe. She wears her white hair down. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Katherine was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Painter and was forced into it by her family; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Rose (50 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Kyle grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears tattered old clothes. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 gp. Azurite (8 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Hematite (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He likes to wear blue tank tops with brown pants. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: Anselm wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Paladin, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Superior lock. 1 Masterwork manacles.