Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She has a hunchback. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered south to less war torn lands. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born in the north. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the north were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Dyer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Dyer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He struck the Dyer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a blue coat, and is pretty ugly. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the left. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Cartwright born in the past three hundred years. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. 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 has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to illithids.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and wants to open a new tavern

Bonds: Job, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Red garnet (90 gp).

Description: An older woman who prefers to wear brown clothing when she does not wear armor, she is not a threatening figure. Her golden hair is matted, messy, and big. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Religious. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He is typically in his Gardener uniform. He is portly but not overly obese. He has done his best to style his black crest to look like a famous performer. His eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: The child of a Bowyer, who enjoyed hunting, Nadarr was taken on many hunting expeditions. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nadarr grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Nadarr. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Nature, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 340 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears dull yellow sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed scimitar, just in case. Her black hair is cut short. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: Melissa is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: The child of a Gardener, who enjoyed hunting, Melissa was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She bought a scimitar and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: American accent

Possessions: Just what you see.