Description: This northern man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with violet lining and desert motifs. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has shaved his head bald. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born in a small plains village. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. His brown hair is lengthy. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. 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: He got into the Bookbinder business at a young age. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. He has worked as a Bookbinder like his father before him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 60 pp. Alexandrite (1100 gp). Jasper (50 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and is typically in his Barkeep uniform. He keeps his blonde hair in a pixie cut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Chad alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor. He has no hair. His ears are large.

Personality: Aldous hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: The child of a Farmer, who enjoyed hunting, Aldous was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 200 gp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp).

Description: This man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: The child of a Bricklayer, who enjoyed hunting, Wymar was taken on many hunting expeditions. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Wymar alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Bookbinder for hire.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and balancing his hectic life and new bookbinder responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 2700 sp.