Description: He is lean but muscular and dresses like a well dressed Cartwright does. His chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He plays an instrument quite well.

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. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. 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: Expand his business.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and is renowned for his bright red suits and hats. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

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. After coming to the age of reason, Aramil took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2400 gp.

Description: This light-skinned male wears professional attire. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His black hair is cut short. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When Enialis reached his early adolescence his Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Military. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 400 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp). Silver ewer (90 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away.

Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His red hair is heavily combed to the left. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Naal took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up kukri and armor he uses now. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Mentor, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 600 gp. Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Rose (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp).