Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a rapier on his belt. He has white hair. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. The war was a terrible time for him, and Richard does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has achieved small success as a Performer.

Motivation: To be a Guard again; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military, Poor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 300 gp. Chrysoprase (60 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). White pearl (70 gp).

Description: This man tends to wear a large black jacket. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his right hand. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. Her silver hair is greasy and uncared for. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Artistic, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and is pretty ugly. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. A gifted student he started as a Jeweler, but he got bored and became a Layabout. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a jeweler again

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Bloodstone (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item.