Description: This slender man stands about 4'0". He very much looks the part of a Cartwright. His hair is cut close to his head. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Cartwright for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Beggar again; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 230 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a green vest and prefers grey and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His blue hair is greasy and uncared for. He has gold eyes and a green hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Balam hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Balam was born on a far southern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Interpreter. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 350 gp.

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 a fine chain shirt which he covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Shy, Forgetful, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light grey in addition to tight pants. His white hair is long and unkept. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born in the west to a Armorer, Reirak learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He's also a talented Spy, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He is content; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Job, Nature. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 110 gp. A silver and pearl hairclip (20 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She wears a colorful flower in her white hair. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

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. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 160 gp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. He has a hunchback. He wears his silver hair up. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Bellfounder. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Solomon was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He's also a talented Scribe, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 200 gp. 3 Thunderstones. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears an entirely brown suit with violet socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His lavender fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has hazel eyes and a brown hat with a violet feather.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He got into the Shepherd business at a young age. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Revenge; and balancing his hectic life and new shepherd responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears bulky tan painted plate armor. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Aerdeth's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born into a rich family. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 100 sp. Red garnet (80 gp).

Description: This southern woman wears a brown shirt, with a blue mid length skirt with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is auburn and curly. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Agnes was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Just what you see.