Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. 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: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 9000 sp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are green.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Naill hails from a village terrorized by brigands. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1200 gp. Chrysoprase (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'3" and muscular, this southern man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

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 also has developed a complete distrust of the Bookbinder profession.

History: Naill hails from a village terrorized by giants. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Naill alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Bookbinder again; and a deep hatred of giants

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 700 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 wears a green vest and prefers white and green shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair is brown and curly. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Aerdeth was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature scimitar.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1900 gp. Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp).

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Performer. Sporting a golden mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Performer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Soveliss abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 6000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (80 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (80 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp).