Description: He wears black trousers with blue and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He carries with him a set of bastard swords on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. His chestnut hair is cut short. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

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. Hoshgrish liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Violet garnet (200 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears bulky violet painted plate armor. Her black hair is cut short. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Onyx (30 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition and is in decent physical shape. Her silver hair is matted, messy, and big. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is a Bookbinder first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Meriele was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She worked as a nervous Bookbinder and found it very stressful. She tends to her Bookbinder job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and balancing her hectic life and new bookbinder responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 800 sp. Chalcedony (80 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with black slacks. He carries a battered club and tarnished shortspear as well. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Damakos hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 300 pp. Hematite (15 gp). Jade (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His white crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Mercenary born in the past three hundred years. Rhogar is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His first spouse was a Cook, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Job, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 100 gp. 2 Antitoxin. 2 Antitoxin. 1 Holy water.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition and is in decent physical shape. She has black hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Lilli alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Lilli was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away.

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Peridot (60 gp). Azurite (16 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Amber (100 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a tight fitting pastel shirt and pants, he is not a threatening figure. He wears a colorful flower in his black fur. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Barrister but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: The child of a Carpenter, who enjoyed hunting, Five was taken on many hunting expeditions. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Barrister work with an outfit from a few towns over. Barrister work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has worked as a Barrister like his mother before him.

Motivation: To be a Carpenter again.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 23000 sp.