Description: A 6'4" southern man, he wears professional attire. His red crest is still thick. This gold eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born to a Dilettante, his father struggled to pay the bills. He worked as a nervous Bookbinder and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Buckler.

Description: This western man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His clothes are grease stained in places. His black hair is thinning but still full. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 24000 sp. Black opal (1500 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her head has been shaved. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Mara is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Mara was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. In her 15th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. Her blue hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she is content

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 gp. 4 Smokesticks. 1 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His tied-back hair is silver. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Snagog 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: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Through the years after Snagog was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Snagog's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Snagog and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.