Description: She is a mite stocky and wears dark leathers with embroidery. She wears her chestnut hair down. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is greedy; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She carries with her a set of greatswords on her belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: She is a Engraver first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Engraver for hire.

Motivation: To be a Cartwright again; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with violet slacks. Her chestnut hair is well kept. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is wearing a long, brown cloak. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His ears are large.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. 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: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 220 pp. A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a white costume with the symbols of luck on her torso. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Cynical, Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is dressed in an above average manner, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Body Guard born in the past three hundred years. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He got into the Body Guard business at a young age. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Body Guard. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and further expansion of business

Bonds: Attractive, In love, Job, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 4000 sp. Black pearl (1000 gp).

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She carries with her a set of tridents, each one with a opal on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her fur is short and orange. Her eyes are copper and beady.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.