Description: With yellow face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His brass crest is still thick. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Cartwright profession.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His first spouse was a Cartwright, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: Half-Orc compassion; and to unite with his sister

Flaws: Addict, Racist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He typically wears red cloth garments or leather armor. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly bastard swords and nunchakus. He wears his blonde hair up. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. 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. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

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.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a tight fitting violet shirt and pants. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Pacifist, Optimist. Bonds: In love, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has shaved her head bald. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Disciplined, Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 110 gp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp).