Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has styled his silver crest well, parting it to the right. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Cartwright but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Cartwright hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she usually wears her black robe and has her glaive always slung over her shoulder. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He carries with him a set of pickaxes on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gold.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. After coming to the age of reason, Vassago took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. After a long history of fighting, Vassago and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Military. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Standing 5'7", this woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her dark red hair is knotted and matted. Her silver eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. 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 Engraver. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Poor, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 100 gp.