Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has a hunchback. His hair is cut close to his head. 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. Riardon is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Gifted from a young age, Riardon studied abroad. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has achieved small success as a Carter.

Motivation: Expand his business; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 400 gp. Alexandrite (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. After coming to the age of reason, Halimath took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Server. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He wears suspenders and yellow workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy yellow leather apron most of the time. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Naill was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Painter. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Mentor, Job, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1000 gp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature trident.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 170 pp.

Description: This western man wears a black wide-brimmed hat and black clothes. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has wavy golden hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Himo 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 Himo. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 330 pp. Malachite (14 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Jade (60 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Emerald (1400 gp).