Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His chestnut hair is lengthy. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He has worked as a Painter like his mother before him.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 900 gp. Malachite (5 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he tends to wear a large black jacket. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Nim was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bather and was forced into it by his family; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is an amazing painter.

History: Gifted from a young age, Uthemar studied abroad. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Uthemar was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 2700 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a black shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and white pants, and is pretty ugly. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Mercenary. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1000 gp. Eye agate (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it. He carries with him a set of crossbows, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. His ears are large.

Personality: Mindartis is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Mindartis hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Roofer. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 500 gp. Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Obsidian (8 gp).