Description: This dark-skinned male wears silk and lounges about seductively. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Richard is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Blacksmith arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and revenge

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Black pearl (700 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His brown hair is thinning but still full. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Aldous wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Fighter, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He prefers to wear flannel. He has a hunchback. His auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is a great chef.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Human people; and human compassion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears baggy brown pantaloons and a violet scarf. His hair is black and curly. His eyes are likewise green.

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 terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born into a rich family. His first spouse was a Farmer, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. 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: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.