Description: This slender man stands about 5'9". He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Cartwright profession.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 7000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2700 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'11" and muscular, this northern man is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. 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 likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 7000 gp. Golden pearl (130 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Arannis was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. 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: Gnomish compassion; and money/treasure

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Coral (130 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Coral (130 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Canary diamond (6000 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has dark red hair. She has a dull look in her silver eyes.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Nija abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 5000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (30 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (30 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a green cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. She has moderate length gold crest. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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. After a long history of fighting, Ruloth and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is content; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 5000 gp. Hematite (12 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp).

Description: 5'2" and muscular, this northern woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving 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 was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. While she appears to be a normal Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 7000 gp. Pink pearl (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. She has no hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: Vorka hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (60 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp).