Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Trained by her mother 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Slave. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 800 gp. Zircon (30 gp).

Description: She wears long strands of amber and short red dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Bookbinder born in the past three hundred years. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Adelaide has worked very hard to control her curse. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Flaws: Insane, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Carnelian (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears baggy brown pantaloons and a red scarf. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the south. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 6'6". He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, and his gloved hand is found clutching a whip. His hair is short and black. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Adelard hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Amethyst (120 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.