Description: This man wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, and sports empty pouches on his belt. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He takes great joy in being the best Bookbinder in town.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He struck the Bookbinder job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 700 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. Her crest is white, silky, and of moderate length. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by orcs. Megren was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Gold and ruby ring (7000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Lance alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1000 gp. Alexandrite (900 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Jet (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears his rusty crest up. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a Painter first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He tends to his Painter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To be a Bookbinder again.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Onyx (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears red leather gloves, a red jacket, and tight pants. His silver hair is thinning but still full. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Bertram isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. Bertram abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 5000 gp. Moonstone (40 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Canary diamond (3000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured, marred by sweets. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. She has brown eyes and a tan hat with a violet feather.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Painter.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Military, Slave. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Carnelian (20 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She dropped out of school to support her sick father, and resented it. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1000 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.