Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His hair is auburn and curly. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A freak accident while working with his Apothecary mother left him crippled. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull green iron scale mail. His hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His first spouse was a Banker, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 500 gp. Banded agate (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His black hair is heavily combed to the right. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Scribe business.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 10000 sp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His hair is short and brown. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Peren was born on a far western island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Cook. After a long history of fighting, Peren and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bookbinder. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Hematite (15 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Iolite (60 gp).