Description: This eastern man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His clothes are grease stained in places. His crest is cut close to his head. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bookbinder hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has worked as a Bookbinder like his mother before him.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 700 pp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2300 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He likes to wear black tank tops with blue pants. His auburn hair is cut short. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 6000 gp. Star rose quartz (50 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Sard (50 gp). Jade (160 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Pink diamond (7000 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Blue diamond (7000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 3'2" and muscular, this eastern woman dresses like a well dressed Courier does. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Courier for hire.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to be a glassblower again

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Forgetful, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her long white hair reaches down to her waist. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Gynk's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents enrolled her in a Druid school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a pastel shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and white pants. His yellow fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the south. A gifted student he started as a Guard, but he got bored and became a Cartwright. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Cartwright for hire.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and expand his business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 9000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is renowned for her bright green dresses and hats. She has done her best to style her silver crest to look like a famous performer. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Farideh 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 became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. 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: He got into the Shoemaker business at a young age. When Anselm reached his early adolescence his Half-Elf father 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Job, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Eye agate (4 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 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.