Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His hair is long and silver with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 gp. Zircon (40 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). 1 Spyglass. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Spyglass. 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a Painter first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new painter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 200 gp. Malachite (13 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. He has shaved his head bald. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Bernard hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He is an amazing painter.

History: He got into the Shoemaker business at a young age. His childhood dream was to be a Baker, but he was a colossal failure. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Bernard fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears brown trousers with blue and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Painter. He is an epitome of beauty. His hair is cut close to his head. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He uses divination through singing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Percival studied abroad. While he appears to be a normal Human, 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 taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 100 gp.