Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Az-Rans hails from a village terrorized by drow. He worked as a nervous Miller and found it very stressful. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Revenge; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 45000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. She is physically well-built. She has styled her silver crest well, parting it to the right. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. He has no hair. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Glim hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Glim was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When Glim reached his early adolescence his Gnome mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bookbinder responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Thunderstones. 1 Smokesticks. 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: She wears red trousers with grey and tan striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair is red and very short. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She is a Slaad in disguise. A freak accident while working with her Healer mother left her crippled. She came across an abandoned tomb where she found a relic that called out to her. After picking it up she was cursed by unlife.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Insane, Shy, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has worked as a Shipwright like her father before her.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a fancy black dress. Her black hair is still thick. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and grey handkerchief worn on his left side. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his left hand. He wears a colorful flower in his lavender fur. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his yellow eyes.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Through the years after Jade was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Jade's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1500 gp. Sardonyx (60 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp).