Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She dresses like a well dressed Cartwright does. She has styled her bronze crest well, parting it to the right. Her red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She got into the Cartwright business at a young age. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Cartwright work with an outfit from a few towns over. Cartwright work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Cartwright for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand her business

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 18000 cp.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears a colorful flower in his brass crest. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. 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: Kriv hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 800 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Zircon (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her hair is black and curly. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's in love; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Standing 3'1", this woman wears a white collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a pastel scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her long silver hair reaches down to her waist. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was born into a rich family. In her 12th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a fancy white dress. She wears her chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Gifted from a young age, Murgen studied abroad. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Stacee is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Stacee was born the youngest of three triplets. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To protect her home; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Family, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 50000 cp. Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'7" and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her golden hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. A gifted student she started as a Carter, but she got bored and became a Fletcher. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Fletcher responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 16000 sp. Hematite (14 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has wavy golden hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. With bright brown hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 80000 cp. Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp).