Description: He wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His white hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: Riardon hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He has taken up work as a Painter and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Painter responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 900 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears dull white sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed glaive, just in case, and he perpetually has his glaive ready. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has violet eyes and a white hat with a green feather.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

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

Possessions: 400 pp. Silver pearl (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Rose (20 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Moss agate (6 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She sports brown long hair. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Architect work with an outfit from a few towns over. Architect work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. Recently the stress of being a Architect has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 12000 cp. Eye agate (16 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a blue tunic with white highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her hair is cut close to her head. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Mercenary but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Syllin was born on a far eastern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Mercenary. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 300 gp. Jasper (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is typically in her Spice Merchant uniform. She wears her blonde hair down. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Silgre was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She struck the Spice Merchant job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. He carries with him a set of shortspears, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is red and curly. His gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was taken from his home at a very young age. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. His red fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Mercenary but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Gifted from a young age, Trail studied abroad. 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 Mercenary. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Mercenary for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Mercenary responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 250 pp.