Description: He dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with yellow slacks. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Mundane. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 4000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Painter born in the past three hundred years. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has worked as a Painter like his father before him.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Jade (140 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears bulky white painted plate armor. He wears his silver hair up. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born into a rich family. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother 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 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 terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 3000 gp. Jasper (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). White pearl (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.