Description: 5'3" and muscular, this southern man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Riardon is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He got into the Ruler business at a young age. He worked as a nervous Ruler and found it very stressful. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Ruler.

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

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Selfish. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1300 gp.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Fortune-teller hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Fortune-teller for the past few years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Elf in existence. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1600 gp.

Description: This man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his left hand. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Glassblower arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1100 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has wavy black hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. The war was a terrible time for him, and Immeral does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He became a Mercenary soon after.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and balancing his hectic life and new mercenary responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Military, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Red garnet (150 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Malachite (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.