Description: He is lean but muscular and dresses like a well dressed Cartwright does. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born in the north to a Cartwright, Arnold learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. A gifted student he started as a Herbalist, but he got bored and became a Cartwright. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 2500 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He usually wears his blue robe and has his scimitar always slung over his shoulder. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is cut close to his head. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Baker arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Slave, Military, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 15000 cp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment and is in decent physical shape. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He has a large pastel mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. His silver hair is thinning but still full. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

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

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 70 pp. Onyx (70 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp).