Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a brown shirt with thin violet vertical stripes and grey pants, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Riardon will drive conversation. 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: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. Being a Guard kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: In love, Criminal record, Rich, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has a very tight haircut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1300 gp.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He is portly but not overly obese. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Shoemaker work with an outfit from a few towns over. Shoemaker work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He came across an abandoned tomb where he found a relic that called out to him. After picking it up he was cursed by vampirism.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1400 gp. Onyx (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Paelias 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 Paelias. 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 share knowledge with the world; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver pearl (90 gp). Jet (90 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Jet (90 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born in a small desert village. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 7000 sp.