Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Richard took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up nunchaku and armor he uses now. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'5", this man wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He has wavy brown hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He got into the Dilettante business at a young age. 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 west. He struck the Dilettante job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to be a sailor again

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family, Slave. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a morningstar, but if one is not available he will default to his greatsword. He carries with him a set of greatswords on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Slave Trader who has hired him part-time. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Hugh was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student he started as a Mercenary, but he got bored and became a Slave Trader. He became a Slave Trader soon after.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Bonds: Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He refers to his adoptive father 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: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.