Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is typically in her Cartwright uniform. She has no hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born in the north to a Cartwright, Melissa learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: To be a Sellsword again; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He sports a flattop fur cut. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Weaver born in the past three hundred years. 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: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. Her hair is golden and curly. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Dara was born the youngest of three triplets. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Expand her business; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Family, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a brown tunic with violet highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around his shoes. His golden hair is long and unkept. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born in a small desert village. A gifted student he started as a Bellfounder, but he got bored and became a Actor. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and to be a bellfounder again

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he usually wears his black robe and has his bastard sword always slung over his shoulder. His gold crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. He has red eyes and a black hat with a white feather.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He's in love.

Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Has a crush, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 200 sp.

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 a fancy violet suit. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Uthemar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Uthemar alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by orcs. Uthemar was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Through the years after Gilbert was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Gilbert's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Gilbert and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. Her skin is dark but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She wears a yellow armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. Her golden hair is knotted and matted. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Avice lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Avice 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 Avice. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: 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; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 160 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: This woman wears a simple violet robe with tan stripes complete with hood, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She's also a talented Actor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 2300 sp.