Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a Bookbinder first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He tends to his Bookbinder job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 20000 cp. Iolite (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. He wears his red hair up. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: Randal hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born in the west. Randal was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Scribe. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'8" eastern man, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. A true patriot, Shane would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and to reunite with his absent father

Flaws: Greedy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He is portly but not overly obese. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Randal is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Gifted from a young age, Randal studied abroad. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is content; and he is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. Aquamarine (200 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp).