Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Rael lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To protect his home; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Guardian. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (500 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his scimitar with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He wears a colorful flower in his golden hair. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 2000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (90 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, marred by teas. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Diggory will drive conversation. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Butcher profession.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He tends to his Ploughman job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Ploughman responsibilities is difficult; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: 5'9" and muscular, this northern man wears a green cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is an amazing painter.

History: Drogo lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Drogo was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 gp. Iolite (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp).