Description: A middle-aged man, he wears long strands of topaz and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and is pretty ugly. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Crown-heir but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. After a long history of fighting, Suhnae and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: He wears a white cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His first spouse was a Tanner, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 20 pp. Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Sard (70 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Naeris will drive conversation. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Painter business.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A freak accident while working with his Ruler father left him crippled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Extrovert, Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Halimath was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Halimath grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Halimath. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 11000 sp.

Description: He sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His hair is silver and curly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Tanner. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Tanner. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 2000 gp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). White opal (800 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.