Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears dull black sweaters, loose red pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed sword, just in case. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He sports a flattop hair cut. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Unemployed. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Varis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His first spouse was a Shoemaker, 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: To reunite with his absent mother; and expand his business

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

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

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This western man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a Cartwright first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Painter profession.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Theren was born on a far western mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Cartwright. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Theren fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To be a Painter again.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 pp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has no hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Himo is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Himo hails from a village terrorized by drow. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. 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: He is greedy; and he wants revenge against drow

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 600 pp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Jet (150 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.