Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars. He wears his blonde hair down. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Riardon lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Justice, Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 800 pp. Amethyst (110 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 2000 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). Silver ewer (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. He is physically well-built. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. A gifted student he started as a Brewer, but he got bored and became a Cook. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Cook for hire.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1000 gp. Moonstone (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Coral (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.