Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a ceremonial dagger on his belt. He wears his auburn hair up. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a Bookbinder first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bookbinder arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He worked as a nervous Bookbinder and found it very stressful. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Balimaar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is greedy; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 2700 sp.

Description: He sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has no hair. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears suspenders and grey workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Trey was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Trey decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 2400 sp. Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Coral (140 gp).

Description: An older man who is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze, he is not a threatening figure. His brown hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to be a performer again

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Religious. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. His black hair is braided into rings. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker black hat.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 14000 cp.