Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born in the north to a Laborer, Richard learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Richard grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Richard. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 10 pp. 3 Acid flasks.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He usually wears his white robe and has his flail always slung over his shoulder. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Laborer who has hired him part-time. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Wiggan was born with his father's beautiful face. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Many goblins want him driven away; and revenge

Bonds: Has a crush, Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 110 gp. Red spinel (40 gp).

Description: An older man who typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull green iron scale mail, he is not a threatening figure. His fur is cinnamon and very short. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Through the years after Elegant was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Elegant's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. 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 compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Military, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 100 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his glaive with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His red hair is thinning but still full. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. A friendly and beautiful Tiefling, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Guardian. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 50 pp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a Body Guard first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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 Body Guard. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Malachite (6 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item.