Description: Runty and weak-looking, he very much looks the part of a Cartwright. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Himo lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has achieved small success as a Cartwright.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Poor, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 700 gp. Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears professional attire. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the south. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She wants to get laid.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This woman dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on her left hand. She keeps her long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. This black eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Akta wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Bard, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Akta 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 Akta. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 160 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Spy hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he wants to get laid

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears a blue costume with the symbols of luck on his torso. He has silver hair. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. 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: Laucian was born with his father's beautiful face. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1000 gp. Deep green spinel (130 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. His chestnut hair is still thick. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a Guard first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born in the west to a Guard, Eberk learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Eberk has worked very hard to control his curse. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'1" when asserting herself. She has moderate length auburn hair. 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 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 is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the south were limited. Being a Miner kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 120 gp. Jet (100 gp).

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He wears his white hair down. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Through the years after Mord was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Mord's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Glassblower and was forced into it by his family; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.