Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is wearing a long, brown cloak. Her gray fur has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are yellow.

Personality: Silent is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. Silent enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a Mercenary, her mother struggled to pay the bills. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Flaws: Depressed, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 2400 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he dresses like a well dressed Bookbinder does. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bookbinder arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bookbinder responsibilities is difficult; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Job, Rich, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'11" when asserting herself. Her blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: She got into the Cartwright business at a young age. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She's also a talented Ruler, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Religious, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a pastel suit, black shirt, and blue tie. His fur is lavender and curly. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

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. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Shivering was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Rose (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp).