Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He carries a battered spear and tarnished shortspear as well. His golden hair is heavily combed to the left. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants a kiss.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 170 gp. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Cartwright born in the past three hundred years. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Cartwright. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 800 gp. Red spinel (140 gp). White pearl (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner, and she perpetually has her dagger ready. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length blonde hair. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

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

Description: This man stands a little under 3'0" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a tight fitting red shirt and pants. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born into a rich family. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Barkeep arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1600 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a red coat. Her hair is white and very short. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She takes great joy in being the best Servant in town.

History: Born in the south to a Servant, Andry learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Job, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 160 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and brown handkerchief worn on her left side. Her auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has a tattooed face.

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 does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born into a rich family. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Brewer they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Miner, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Brewer; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 7000 cp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His hair is blue and very short. His gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. 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-sister.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1500 gp. Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 6'4" and has the majority of his body covered in plate. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Ghash was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 400 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.