Description: He wears a white costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'7" when asserting himself. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 8000 gp. Banded agate (13 gp). Peridot (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears just a black suit. His purple hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Vassago is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bookbinder and was forced into it by his family; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are amber.

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. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Târz is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Târz hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bookbinder. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Slave. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Zircon (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His gray fur is lengthy. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Born to a Sculptor, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He was taken from his home at a very young age. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 190 pp. Gold music box (2000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.