Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his top pastel hat.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. 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: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He struck the Shepherd job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and regain custody of his son

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Military, Slave. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 4000 gp. Jasper (20 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears baggy pastel pantaloons and a yellow scarf. His golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

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 also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. He worked as a nervous Spice Merchant and found it very stressful. He has achieved small success as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 4000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp).

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the right. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. 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: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Ivellios was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 2000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.