Description: This woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her right hand. She wears her chestnut hair up. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Gorga was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Gorga alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She's also a talented Spice Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Bookbinder responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Job, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 6000 gp. Amethyst (140 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Canary diamond (8000 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). White opal (400 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears a black top hat and black clothes, she is not a threatening figure. Her black hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Vorka was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Vorka 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 Vorka. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Persistence, Philantrophist. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 800 gp. Deep green spinel (120 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Jet (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a sickle on his belt. He is physically well-built. He has wavy brown hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Barakas fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. Her silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Gifted from a young age, Jezebeth studied abroad. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Being a Miner kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Deep green spinel (150 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp).