Description: She wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her white hair is wavy and long. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1000 cp. Jade (100 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears baggy grey pantaloons and a brown scarf. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born into a rich family. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 60 gp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (40 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His yellow fur is long and unkept. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. 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: Gale was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He worked as a nervous Jeweler and found it very stressful. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 800 sp. Chrysoprase (30 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a white armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. He has no hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Gubu was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A 4'11" eastern woman, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has a long brown ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her ears are large.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. 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 was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears many layers of old clothing at all times and is in decent physical shape. Her scarlet crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. 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 remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Mijira was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Sculptor, but she got bored and became a Courier. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and to be a sculptor again

Ideals: Persistence, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 700 sp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is dressed in an above average manner. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Beggar work with an outfit from a few towns over. Beggar work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a priest again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Just what you see.

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 brown suit. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Cartwright profession.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 Fortune-teller. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To be a Cartwright again.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.