Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Richard never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 40 pp. Rich purple corundum (700 gp).

Description: He wears an entirely violet suit with red socks and a vest with buckled shoes, and carries scimitars. He has shaved his head bald. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Gomory is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Gomory lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Gomory 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 Gomory. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears baggy white pantaloons and a black scarf. His silver hair is cut short. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Sage who has hired him part-time. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His first spouse was a Bookbinder, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. 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: To pay off his debts; and he would like to get married and retire

Bonds: Has a crush, Family, Religious, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. His red hair is cut short. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He got into the Layabout business at a young age. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Soapmaker they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Layabout, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and to be a soapmaker again

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Bonds: Family, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 4 Smokesticks. 2 Antitoxin. 2 Antitoxin.