Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Richard was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Barber work with an outfit from a few towns over. Barber work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He's also a talented Spice Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 2700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Born in the south to a Body Guard, Vanchu learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Body Guard. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Body Guard responsibilities is difficult; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 4000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He carries with him a set of bastard swords, each one with a opal on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is auburn and curly. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has achieved small success as a Spy.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Job, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 2000 gp. Aquamarine (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing a long, brown cloak. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Mentor, In love. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 4000 gp. Aquamarine (800 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp).

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Courier does. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is typically in his Crown-heir uniform. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the left. He has hazel eyes and a grey hat with a green feather.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He dropped out of school to support his sick father, and resented it. He has worked as a Crown-heir like his father before him.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Job, Slave, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. His golden hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Kâka lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Locksmith they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Animal Trainer, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 600 gp.