Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'9" and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Riardon hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 170 pp. Peridot (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Emerald (1100 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears tattered old clothes. His long silver hair reaches down to his waist. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 11000 sp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'4". He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Map Maker. He has a very tight haircut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Hadarai enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle 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 mountains due to the painful memories there. Hadarai took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up scythe and armor he uses now. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Hadarai never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Slave, In love, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 80 pp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a brown broad hat and brown clothes. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His ears are large.

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 a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Debt. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1500 gp. Blue quartz (8 gp). Rose (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He very much looks the part of a Architect. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Architect arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gifted student he started as a Bellfounder, but he got bored and became a Architect. After months of barely getting by, Nutae managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Jasper (40 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Jade (130 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp).