Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a blue vest and prefers brown and pastel shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born in the south. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 gp. Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat and is in decent physical shape. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Azaki lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bookbinder and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 gp. Violet garnet (600 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is dressed in an above average manner. His hair is short and chestnut. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 900 gp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and tends to wear a green poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has shaved his head bald. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Fisher profession.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To be a Fisher again.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He carries a battered hammer and tarnished flail as well. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Soveliss was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Soveliss fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 100 gp. Obsidian (7 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp).