Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. His red hair is cut short. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 200 gp. Alexandrite (400 gp). White opal (400 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He is an epitome of beauty. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. 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: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Ranger school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 gp. Aquamarine (200 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Amber (50 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears tan trousers with grey and blue striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has moderate length red hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. Now he works as a painting tutor during his time off.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Human people.

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Aquamarine (1400 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp).

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He is portly but not overly obese. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. 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: To get a good night's sleep; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with black slacks. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Jocelyn was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has worked as a Soapmaker like his mother before him.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and expand his business

Ideals: Optimist, Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.