Description: She wears a brown tunic with blue highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around her shoes. With wild blonde hair. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her feathered brown hat.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Melissa lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. After coming to the age of reason, Melissa took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Has a crush, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His silver crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Nithther hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has a very tight haircut. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Althaea took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up shortspear and armor she uses now. Recently the stress of being a Cartwright has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

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

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This western woman is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, tan shirt, and brown tie. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She is baby faced.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Balifra's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing writing.

History: Balifra was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Tanner work with an outfit from a few towns over. Tanner work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her fur, while still mostly orange, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are yellow and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. 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 was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Job, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears long strands of jet and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly greatswords and tridents. His scarlet crest is thinning but still full. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Fax was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Fax decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Flaws: Disease, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. This violet eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a red coat. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Cartwright profession.

History: Fulbar was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. A gifted student he started as a Cartwright, but he got bored and became a Knight. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Fulbar never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to be a cartwright again

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Poor, In love. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has wavy auburn hair. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 360 gp.