Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has styled his dark red hair well, parting it to the right. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Cartwright kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her greataxe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt and is in decent physical shape. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Vola was raised in a hard working conservative environment. After coming to the age of reason, Vola took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Has a crush, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. Chrysoprase (50 gp).

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has dyed her greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and human compassion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Shy, Racist, Antagonistic. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears a simple green robe with brown stripes complete with hood. Her bronze crest is long and unkept. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Shoemaker. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Shoemaker.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 3000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. She sports red long hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: To unite with her brother.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Emotional. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 45000 sp. Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Black opal (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her auburn hair is lengthy. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Rose abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy, Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Born in the south to a Assassin, Thradal learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. After a long history of fighting, Thradal and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and balancing his hectic life and new assassin responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a green shirt, with a black mid length shorts with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length silver crest. He is baby faced.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Mozikth grew up listening to his mother's many stories. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature quarterstaff.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Selfish. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her hand crossbow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She is portly but not overly obese. She has wavy orange fur. This yellow eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born into a rich family. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She's also a talented Tanner, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.