Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears long strands of sapphire and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Riardon was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His silver eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His parents enrolled him in a Paladin school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Balam fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 gp. Red spinel (50 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Slave, Poor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 100000 cp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a green coat. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. 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: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 2000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He is portly but not overly obese. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Soapmaker but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Hadarai grew up listening to his father's many stories. His childhood dream was to be a Mason, but he was a colossal failure. He has worked as a Soapmaker like his father before him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a mason again

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

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

Possessions: 14000 cp.