Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is red, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. He is baby faced.

Personality: Lance hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Guardian. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'11" northern man, he wears tattered old clothes. He keeps his long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Painter but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Philantrophist, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 30000 cp. Zircon (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He usually wears his blue robe and has his halberd always slung over his shoulder. He has a hunchback. His silver hair is still thick. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Clerebold lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and doesn't want to be a armorer and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Sensitive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'4" and is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has shaved his head bald. He has green eyes and a green hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. One day when Lance was young, his father was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly his father dropped to the ground dead. His father had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Lance was heart-stricken from the event, and his mother started working long hours to provde for them. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Fisher they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Ruler, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has achieved small success as a Scribe.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Family, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.