Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull black iron scale mail. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His dark red hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Bookbinder business.

History: Barakas was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Barakas 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 Barakas. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: He stands about 6'9" and prefers to wear flannel. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His long dark red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has black eyes and a green hat with a blue feather.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Barakas was born the youngest of three triplets. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge.

Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'9". She is dressed in a clean pastel cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her long lavender fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Flask grew up listening to her mother's many stories. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Server

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 150 gp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat, and is pretty ugly. Her head has been shaved. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Impulsive. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 800 sp.