Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Blacksmith profession.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Barendd was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He became a Bookbinder soon after.

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

Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Job, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 80 pp. Blue quartz (15 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears suspenders and grey workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. He has wavy black hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born into a rich family. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Elven people; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Flaws: Sensitive, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with yellow colored cloaks and clothing. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Shanairla was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Through the years after Shanairla was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Shanairla's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She became a Masseuse soon after.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is content

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. After months of barely getting by, Kildrak managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Fearful, Disease, PTSD. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he wants revenge against goblins

Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Aquamarine (200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Coral (160 gp).

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'8" when asserting himself. He has no fur. His eyes are likewise yellow.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and dragonborn compassion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Addict. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Golden pearl (100 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Dilettante. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Ellywick is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken from her home at a very young age. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is light but he possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. He wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has brown eyes and a white hat with a green feather.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Silvo was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Stylist. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Depressed, Selfish, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. White pearl (70 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She likes to wear grey tank tops with black skirt. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 220 gp. 1 Breastplate.