Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. He has a hunchback. His blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Cartwright arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is greedy

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 4000 cp. Chalcedony (70 gp).

Description: This man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has done his best to style his blue hair to look like a famous performer. His ears are large.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Shepherd. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has worked as a Shepherd like her mother before her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: He typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. His black crest is lengthy. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1000 cp. White pearl (110 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Gifted from a young age, Roywyn studied abroad. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 8000 cp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (10 gp).