Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, 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 greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has amber eyes and a brown hat with a white feather.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Beatrice alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Beatrice was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Greedy. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 10000 sp. Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Malachite (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her red hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Healer born in the past three hundred years. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Silgre hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Silgre grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Silgre. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape and is in decent physical shape. She has wavy brass crest. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Sensitive, Addict. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He dresses like a well dressed Cartwright does. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was born into a rich family. His parents enrolled him in a Rogue school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Cartwright responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 90 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'3" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Bolhild speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Bolhild grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur, Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This man stands a little under 3'8" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He tends to his Apothecary job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 300 pp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (30 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her orange fur is smooth and relatively long. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Harvest was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she wants revenge against illithids

Flaws: Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 300 gp. Citrine (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.