Description: She wears suspenders and tan workpants. Her shirt is white, and she wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her nunchaku, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. Her red hair is braided into rings. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Cartwright for hire.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. Her red hair is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Bather who has hired her part-time. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: She wears a grey shirt with thin green vertical stripes and brown pants. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has a long red ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born to a Spice Merchant, her mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Gardener hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Spice Merchant; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Has a crush. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 120 gp. Malachite (9 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Baker. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 900 sp. Alexandrite (400 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a mace on his belt. Sporting a black mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Bookbinder mother left him crippled. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Gifted from a young age, Baern studied abroad. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and balancing his hectic life and new bookbinder responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 120 gp. Jasper (30 gp).

Description: This man wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has no hair. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is mildly Elf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. Ahvain enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Merchant arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Ahvain 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. Ahvain 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. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1300 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears long strands of emerald and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length silver hair. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. 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-sister.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she is greedy

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Chain shirt.