Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He got into the Bookbinder business at a young age. A gifted student he started as a Locksmith, but he got bored and became a Bookbinder. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to be a locksmith again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 22000 sp. Black pearl (600 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull green iron scale mail. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his silver hair down. This brown eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He got into the Miner business at a young age. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 200 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. His white eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Doctor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Poor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield. 1 Banded mail. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his bastard sword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He sports a flattop hair cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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, Alberich is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: To get a good night's sleep; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence, Justice. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 150 pp. Red spinel (120 gp).