Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His ears are large.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ernest fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful, Disease. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He carries with him a set of shortspears, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is golden and curly. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Bookbinder profession.

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 then took over the family business and is one of the better Glassblower for hire.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears bulky grey painted plate armor. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His childhood dream was to be a Bookbinder, but he was a colossal failure. He's also a talented Bookbinder, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Bookbinder again.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Military. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 8000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is renowned for his bright green suits and hats. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: Everard lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Shipwright for hire.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Family, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His silver hair is lengthy. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Slave Trader arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Through the years after Randal was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Randal's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature kukri.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 800 gp. Onyx (70 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Emerald (900 gp).