Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears his golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears an entirely yellow suit with pastel socks and a vest with buckled shoes and is in decent physical shape. His red hair is still thick. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He bought a scimitar and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Nature, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is in excellent shape and has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has shaved his head bald. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Chad was born the youngest of three triplets. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 14000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This dark-skinned male is typically in his Bookbinder uniform. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has no hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Bookbinder business.

History: He got into the Bookbinder business at a young age. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Manfred was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a white shirt with thin green vertical stripes and brown pants. He has shaved his head bald. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 200 gp. Tourmaline (60 gp). Jasper (40 gp). 1 Magnifying glass. 1 Average lock. 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Good lock.