Description: A 5'4" western woman, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair is cut close to her head. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She got into the Cartwright business at a young age. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and balancing her hectic life and new cartwright responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job, Debt. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a brown shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and yellow pants. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Hubert 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 money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Spice Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Guardian, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 2100 gp. Blue quartz (16 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Sard (40 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is typically in his Bookbinder uniform. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Bookbinder work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bookbinder work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He's also a talented Navigator, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 500 pp. White pearl (80 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Rose (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 3'5" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his white robe. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is an amazing painter.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 600 gp. Sardonyx (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp).

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His silver crest is smooth and relatively long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the south. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted, Professionalism. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Hematite (16 gp).

Description: He has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. He carries with him a set of maces, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Alexandre is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 30000 cp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has shaved her head bald. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is content; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Opinionated, Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 600 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His golden hair is thinning but still full. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Trag was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a brown shirt, with a tan mid length skirt with tan tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her fur is lavender and curly. Her yellow eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born in a small desert village. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Pelt took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up warhammer and armor she uses now. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and doesn't want to be a interpreter and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 200 gp.