Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. Her hair is blue and very short. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines white.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Being born in the west, 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 west 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. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears dull tan sweaters, loose violet pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed mace, just in case. He has moderate length auburn hair. He has blue eyes and a tan hat with a violet feather.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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 has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature mace.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he dresses like a well dressed Cartwright does. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Gifted from a young age, Bertram studied abroad. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Cartwright. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Cartwright for hire.

Motivation: To be a Map Maker again; and balancing his hectic life and new cartwright responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Attractive, In love. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Butcher. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her golden hair is still thick. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Butcher arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and she is greedy

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a brown tunic with yellow highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around his shoes. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bookbinder. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a Slave Trader first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Watson has worked very hard to control his curse. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. She keeps her gray fur in a flapper bob. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Harvest has worked very hard to control her curse. During her travels, Harvest and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Harvest discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Harvest fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears brown trousers with white and green striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts, and is pretty ugly. His tied-back hair is golden. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Logical, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 140 gp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears professional attire. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. Her white eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 40 gp.