Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has a hunchback. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born in the west to a Bookbinder, Baern learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His parents were killed by orcs in a raid when he was still a young child. The orcs captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Bookbinder for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 400 pp. Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Coral (120 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Pink diamond (8000 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Clear bright green emerald (8000 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a fancy tan dress, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. 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, Traulam is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Traulam hails from a village terrorized by brigands. A freak accident while working with her Miner father left her crippled. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Traulam was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Revenge; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). White pearl (50 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length silver crest. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 9000 gp. Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'1" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His head has been shaved. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: The child of a Carter, who enjoyed hunting, Ivellios was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

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

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She prefers to wear flannel. Her silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Ilga was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Ilga liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Chrysoprase (20 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Peridot (20 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman and is in decent physical shape. He sports a flattop fur cut. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines yellow.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born into a rich family. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1700 pp. Eye agate (7 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Jade (130 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Jet (130 gp).

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears just a white suit. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Guard but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He struck the Guard job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2000 gp. Aquamarine (1600 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp).