Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears baggy pastel pantaloons and a tan scarf. He is an epitome of beauty. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: Riardon is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. 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 Bookbinder, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Aquamarine (200 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Jet (100 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Hematite (16 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull yellow iron scale mail. His hair is brown and curly. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the south. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Eye agate (14 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He very much looks the part of a Shipwright. His red hair is still thick. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He hates Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 400 gp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a axe, but if one is not available he will default to his shortspear. His silver hair is long and unkept. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1000 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (30 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'1" when asserting himself. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp).