Description: This younger middle-aged man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has yellow eyes and a white hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with his Bricklayer father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 210 pp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull red iron scale mail. His blue crest has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Shamash was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 Scribe. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears violet painted combat armor at almost all times. He is portly but not overly obese. He has shaved his head bald. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His first spouse was a Spy, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Masseuse for the past few years.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears baggy blue pantaloons and a yellow scarf. He wears his auburn hair down. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Ortegar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 Bookbinder. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bookbinder responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 170 pp. Jasper (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.