Description: She is a husky woman, who does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Shautha alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect his home

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 4'9" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair is red and curly. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She hates Humans with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Cartwright arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has a long auburn ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Being born in the east, 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 east 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 north. Being a Fisher kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Fisher and was forced into it by her family; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 90 pp. Freshwater pearl (10 gp).

Description: She stands about 6'1" and wears tattered old clothes. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her white hair is singed and shortened. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 52. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Alice grew up listening to her father's many stories. Alice 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 is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears many layers of old clothing at all times, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She keeps her long blue hair kept up in a rat tail. She has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, In love, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Server

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Cartwright. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of drow once and for all.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Criminal record, Guardian. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 2 Tanglefoot bags. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She prefers to wear brown clothing when she does not wear armor. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length cinnamon fur. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Cask was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times and is in decent physical shape. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the east. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, gnolls burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying east to reunite his family. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1000 cp. Chalcedony (50 gp).