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. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Cartwright born in the past three hundred years. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Cartwright business.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her father's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered goblins who tried to eat her hand. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 40 pp. White pearl (130 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman tends to wear a blue poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is red and curly. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in the north to a Spice Merchant, Quelenna learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: In love, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: An older man who is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, he is not a threatening figure. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born in the west to a Performer, Theren learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he is content

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Birel was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Courier for the past few years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and expand her business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 gp. Lapis lazuli (16 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She sports red clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has wavy auburn hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's in love; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 30 gp.