Description: An older man who wears light armors faded through time and improper care, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is long and red with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: Robert wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Aristocrat, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Server

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This western man wears bulky red painted plate armor. His clothes are grease stained in places. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Bookbinder born in the past three hundred years. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He's also a talented Miner, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born in the east. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2400 sp. Chalcedony (30 gp).

Description: A 6'3" northern man, he is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. His tied-back hair is black. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Bather. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Anthony was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Bather. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To be a Interpreter again; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 500 gp.