Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small blue clips. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Althaea will drive conversation. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Althaea took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up lance and armor she uses now. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Cartwright for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Spy but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Marbas was born with his father's beautiful face. He found a children's book about a Tiefling Rogue who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Professionalism, Pacifist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 130 gp. 4 Acid flasks.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His blue hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. He has silver eyes.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 600 sp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat, marred by beers. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat. He is an epitome of beauty. His black hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 sp. Black star sapphire (500 gp).