Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He likes to wear brown tank tops with blue pants. He has a hunchback. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Thervan hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born in the east. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Artistic, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Pink pearl (110 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. He carries with him a set of pickaxes, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is white and curly. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 7000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears professional attire. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His long golden hair reaches down to his waist. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Gifted from a young age, Carrie studied abroad. Carrie was born on a far eastern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Engraver. After a long history of fighting, Carrie and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 130 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (50 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is a Dyer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A gifted student he started as a Detective, but he got bored and became a Dyer. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 500 gp. Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Peridot (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a brown deerstalker hat and brown clothes. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 600 gp.