Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She keeps her long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a Cartwright first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Felosial lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Religious. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears suspenders and red workpants. Her shirt is yellow, and she wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. She wears her golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Euphemia was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 500 gp. Obsidian (14 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has slicked back chestnut hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Priest. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She found a children's book about a Half-Elf Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her white robe. She has styled her white hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Geva was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Locksmith hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1600 gp. Bloodstone (80 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'10" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has a very tight haircut. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

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. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she very much looks the part of a Cartwright. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Her childhood dream was to be a Sage, but she was a colossal failure. She tends to her Cartwright job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is greedy

Ideals: Professionalism, Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has a very tight haircut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Painter profession.

History: Ogthrak was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Interpreter. He's also a talented Painter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1100 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.