Description: He is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp. Jet (40 gp). Azurite (7 gp).

Description: An older man who is dressed in a clean pastel cloak covering his clean studded leather, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: 5'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a fancy white suit. His red hair is still thick. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 7. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born in a small plains village. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Slave Trader hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving William alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.