Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His tied-back hair is silver. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born in the west to a Bookbinder, Arannis learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Bookbinder. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bookbinder.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and many gnolls want him driven away

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Body Guard but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He got into the Body Guard business at a young age. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Body Guard and was forced into it by his family; and expand his business

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born in the east. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 10000 sp. Blue quartz (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats. She has no fur. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines copper.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Jeweler business.

History: River was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and to protect her home

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Greedy. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1000 gp. Blue sapphire (1400 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is typically in her Crown-heir uniform, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is red and very short. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Crown-heir arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, In love, Family, Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 20000 cp. Onyx (20 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Jade (80 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a tan costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. Sporting a black mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Secretive, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1400 sp. Blue quartz (10 gp).

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull brown iron scale mail. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Revenge.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 gp.