Description: He is in excellent shape and is dressed in earthy colors with a black and grey handkerchief worn on his right side. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He got into the Bookbinder business at a young age. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Guardian. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 300 gp. Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 6'1". He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Henry was born on a far eastern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Map Maker. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 gp. Golden pearl (160 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp).

Description: Standing 5'9", this man wears silk and lounges about seductively. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the south were limited. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 2600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is typically in his Priest uniform. He has auburn hair. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Job, Family, Nature. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Aquamarine (500 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts, and he perpetually has his dagger ready. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are green.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Guard. He has achieved small success as a Guard.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Guard responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 21000 sp. Chrysoprase (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item.