Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born in the west to a Bookbinder, Heward learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has achieved small success as a Bookbinder.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and balancing his hectic life and new bookbinder responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 9000 cp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. 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: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Hugh was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He's also a talented Jeweler, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 11000 sp. Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp).

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker black hat.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 300 gp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Arnold is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Arnold lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Religious. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp.