Description: Standing 5'4", this man wears dark leathers with embroidery. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Heian was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and balancing his hectic life and new mason responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 40 gp. Lapis lazuli (11 gp).

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She keeps her chestnut hair in a pixie cut. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Emeny's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Engraver profession.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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. She's also a talented Engraver, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He is physically well-built. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Mundane, Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 200 sp. Sard (80 gp).

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around her ears. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Ilde was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 380 gp. Moss agate (15 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Courier. She is an amazing painter.

History: Born in the south to a Courier, Caelynn learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Courier.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She prefers to wear white clothing when she does not wear armor. She carries with her a set of swords, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Vola was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears professional attire. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. Her red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She uses divination through singing.

History: Born to a Ploughman, her father struggled to pay the bills. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly ceremonial daggers and warhammers. He sports a flattop hair cut. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Courier. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Courier arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Godfrey alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and an old rival family wants him found

Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 30 gp.