Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Cartwright business.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Disease. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has a hunchback. Her hair is black and curly. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Halfling compassion.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Actor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'2" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. She wears a colorful flower in her golden hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Crown-heir. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born in the north. 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. She tends to her Crown-heir job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 4'11". She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and her gloved hand is found clutching a warhammer. Her auburn hair is heavily combed to the right. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'0" and very much looks the part of a Fortune-teller. His head has been shaved. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Vondal 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, Vondal and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down. He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. He has green eyes and a brown hat with a green feather.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Taklinn has worked very hard to control his curse. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Taklinn fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 4000 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (160 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: This man is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, grey shirt, and brown tie. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Mantus never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: In love, Nature. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 13000 sp. 4 Thunderstones.