Description: This younger middle-aged man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His red hair is knotted and matted. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a Bookbinder first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: Bernard was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bookbinder responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence, Athletic. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 200 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a trident on her belt. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Sellsword. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Eleanor isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She got into the Mayor business at a young age. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Eleanor has worked very hard to control her curse. She tends to her Mayor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 60 pp. Rock crystal (30 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is light but he possesses many yellow ritualistic tattoos. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. He has violet eyes and a grey hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and revenge

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.