Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He is physically well-built. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Bookbinder born in the past three hundred years. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Arnold grew up listening to his mother's many stories. 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 set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He stands about 5'3" and dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a black coat with violet slacks. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a blue vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his blue boots flare out at the collars. He wears his black hair up. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 180 pp.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears yellow painted combat armor at almost all times. His head has been shaved. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Miller. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He wears long strands of topaz and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his morningstar, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.