Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She dresses like a well dressed Cartwright does. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

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. A gifted student she started as a Bricklayer, but she got bored and became a Cartwright. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Cartwright for hire.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Peridot (40 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Malachite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly bastard swords and monstrous two handed axes. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length beige fur. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She hates Tabaxis with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 140 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 5'6" and wears tattered old clothes. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears her chestnut hair up. Her white eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is a great chef.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Black pearl (700 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Carnelian (20 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. His blue crest is matted, messy, and big. This red eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Kerkad was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 130 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears long strands of jet and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His hair is silver and very short. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his silver eyes.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Sage arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His childhood dream was to be a Ploughman, but he was a colossal failure. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. 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's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. She carries with her a set of tridents, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears her dark red hair down. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Verin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is content.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This western man wears a brown small hat and brown clothes. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Human, 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 2000 gp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears violet leather gloves, a violet jacket, and tight pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'11" when asserting herself. She wears her blonde hair up. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Emmeline will drive conversation. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. 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. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and she wants revenge against drow

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.