Description: He stands about 6'0" and very much looks the part of a Bookbinder. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is silver and very short. His eyes are likewise white. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Akmen was born with his father's beautiful face. His childhood dream was to be a Fletcher, but he was a colossal failure. He tends to his Bookbinder job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jasper (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His crest is short and blue. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Patrin has worked very hard to control his curse. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 24000 gp. Sard (40 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Sard (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Jacinth (5000 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Jade (130 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He has achieved small success as a Junk Dealer.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and balancing his hectic life and new junk dealer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 2200 gp. Carnelian (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Sard (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears long strands of aquamarine and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His silver hair is still thick. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. Kody is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born in the north. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and doesn't want to be a slave trader and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Rich, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 400 gp. Hematite (10 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are black and beady.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 6000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).