Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears baggy blue pantaloons and a white scarf. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her brown hair is lengthy. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Bookbinder business.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull red iron scale mail, and is pretty ugly. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 400 gp. White pearl (110 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Banded mail.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. Her green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 20000 cp. Silver pearl (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Eye agate (8 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his ceremonial dagger with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bather arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to unite with his sister

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 gp.