Description: A middle-aged man, he very much looks the part of a Bookbinder, and is pretty ugly. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Bernard is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Bernard was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He worked as a nervous Bookbinder and found it very stressful. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bookbinder responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Extrovert, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 10000 cp. Star ruby (800 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears tan trousers with grey and tan striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. 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: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to protect his home

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Guardian. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his hand crossbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. His golden hair is cut short. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Alex lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: 5'10" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His first spouse was a Fortune-teller, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and doesn't want to be a healer and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a brown collared shirt and green pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 gp.