Description: This malnourished man is wearing a long, black cloak. His gold crest is still thick. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Revenge; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 600 gp. Black pearl (700 gp). Obsidian (7 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care, and is pretty ugly. He sports a flattop hair cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Bookbinder born in the past three hundred years. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A gifted student he started as a Bellfounder, but he got bored and became a Bookbinder. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Bookbinder for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1800 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is golden and curly. His eyes are green.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and balancing his hectic life and new navigator responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Tourmaline (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a green coat with black slacks. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Bounty Hunter. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Nature, Has a crush, Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and blue handkerchief worn on his left side, marred by beers. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. 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, Theren is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Theren grew up listening to his father's many stories. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Professionalism, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 17000 cp.