Description: 6'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, orcs burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying east to reunite his family. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. His ears are large.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Bookbinder born in the past three hundred years. Henry enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a Mercenary, his mother struggled to pay the bills. After coming to the age of reason, Henry took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He struck the Bookbinder job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a fancy grey dress and is in decent physical shape. She has slicked back brown hair. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Sybil grew up listening to her father's many stories. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Ruler. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Moss agate (15 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears a yellow coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. His red hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He comes from a rich western family. Alex was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. 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 compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.