Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered east to less war torn lands. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by orcs. Erky was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 4'8" and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She has wavy red hair. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears professional attire. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Gifted from a young age, Lucan studied abroad. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Miller

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Hematite (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Sard (50 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Jet (160 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and tends to wear a large grey jacket. Her tied-back hair is blonde. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Bookbinder who has hired her part-time. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Bookbinder arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Galiena was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Galiena decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich, Criminal record, Guardian. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a blue vest and prefers grey and red shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Layabout born in the past three hundred years. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. In her 13th 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Layabout responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 20000 sp. Black pearl (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.