Description: A moderately attractive man, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He keeps his gold crest in a pixie cut. His gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Bookbinder. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Kerkad was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Kerkad was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and wants his loneliness to end

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 sp. Rock crystal (30 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. Her bronze crest is singed and shortened. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Joker, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. His long brown hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 50 gp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver crest. He tends to wear a large black jacket. He has a hunchback. His silver crest is still thick. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Direcris embodies much of what other species detest in the Dragonborns. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: He was born in a small plains village. 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 Mason. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he has a crush on the local roofer

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1400 gp. Jeweled anklet (4000 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a fancy white suit. He wears his auburn hair down. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Koth was born with his mother's beautiful face. 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 Painter. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 3000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tan costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. He carries with him a set of rapiers on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. His head has been shaved. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Marshal arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. 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: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 48000 sp. 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Climber’s kit. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Simple lock.

Description: This late middle aged man has the majority of his body covered in plate and is in decent physical shape. He keeps his blonde hair in a flapper bob. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

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. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Heward grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Heward. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black pearl (1400 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.