Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He wears his brown hair down. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Bookbinder arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 6000 gp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Rose (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He dresses like a well dressed Bowyer does. His blue hair is long and unkept. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Vassago hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Bowyer for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 9000 gp. White pearl (70 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Jade (70 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. He carries with him a set of lances on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. His red hair is braided into rings. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Mayor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 9000 gp. Malachite (11 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Jade (110 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. He has violet eyes and a yellow hat with a green feather.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 300 pp. White pearl (70 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Pink diamond (6000 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears dull black sweaters, loose yellow pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed axe, just in case. Her crest is silver and curly. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She got into the Bookbinder business at a young age. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Bookbinder work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bookbinder work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Bookbinder and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 200 pp. Alexandrite (1100 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Sard (30 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Jacinth (7000 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Sard (30 gp). Jade (100 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Rose (30 gp). Sard (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is dressed in an above average manner. He wears his purple hair up. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep black.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Qemuel was born on a far southern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Mayor. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 900 pp. Rock crystal (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Coral (100 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Jet (100 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Black opal (400 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He keeps his dark red hair in a flapper bob. His half smiles and black eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Xappan was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 900 pp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Rose (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Jade (90 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Jade (90 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Jet (90 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp).