Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a black tunic with grey highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are black and catlike.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. Andram is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Cartwright arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. 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: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Family, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 30 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp).

Description: 5'1" and muscular, this northern man wears a worn and beaten armor. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. 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. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Laucian fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 400 gp. Solid gold idol (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His hair is blonde and very short. He has hazel eyes and a blue hat with a green feather.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. 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: Naill was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. 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 Spice Merchant. He struck the Spice Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she wears long strands of emerald and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her violet eyes.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. 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: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Guard

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 90 gp. Amber (80 gp).

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She carries with her a set of shields on her belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. With bright golden hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her divine abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To be a Seamstress again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Forgetful, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 2900 sp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears baggy grey pantaloons and a black scarf and is in decent physical shape. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dragonborn companion (her 'brother'). She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and 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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

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

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. Hobart enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His long golden hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Spice Merchant. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother 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 Spice Merchant. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This tall, slender woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Sporting a silver mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. 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: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she's in love

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Everburning torch.