Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a violet deerstalker hat and violet clothes. His hair is black and very short. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a Bookbinder first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 35000 sp. Hematite (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp).

Description: The light-skinned man stands 4'10" and is typically in his Beggar uniform. He has black hair. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Rael hails from a village terrorized by giants. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Zircon (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'7" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a simple pastel robe with violet stripes complete with hood. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Heian never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1300 gp. Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times, marred by teas. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Laucian's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 2400 gp. Azurite (12 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Sard (60 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 4'8", this man wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. His golden hair is singed and shortened. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the north. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he is greedy

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1600 gp. Silver pearl (160 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Black opal (500 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Banded agate (12 gp).