Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Dara never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She is content.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive, Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and very much looks the part of a Cartwright. His long green crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To be a Barkeep again.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 14000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a brown vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her brown boots flare out at the collars. Her hair is short and white. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Emma was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Dilettante. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Elven compassion; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Hematite (13 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a worn and beaten armor. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Just what you see.