Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. His red hair is singed and shortened. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a Cartwright first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to be a unemployed again

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 700 gp. 3 Antitoxin. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She carries with her a set of kukris on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Knight for the past few years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Guardian. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears his chestnut hair up. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Nicholas hails from a village terrorized by illithids. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. 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 wants revenge against illithids; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Secretive, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'6" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her pastel robe. Her silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is a Beggar first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Beggar.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Poor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.