Description: She is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. She tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has a hunchback. Her silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a Bookbinder first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is a great chef.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Bookbinder for hire.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Loud with bravado

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

Description: She wears a red shirt with thin green vertical stripes and black pants. She carries a battered shortspear and tarnished whip as well. She sports silver long hair. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Jacoba is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Jacoba was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Jacoba decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. Banded agate (4 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor, and is pretty ugly. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the left. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. 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, Gunter is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Engraver. He tends to his Engraver job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Engraver responsibilities is difficult; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Opinionated, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'11" southern man, he is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and tan handkerchief worn on his left side. He wears his auburn hair up. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Conrad grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His first spouse was a Marshal, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer, Family, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Antitoxin. 2 Smokesticks. 1 Antitoxin. 2 Holy water.