Description: She is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. She wears baggy red pantaloons and a pastel scarf. She has a hunchback. Her hair is short and white. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She hates goblins. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Merla was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Revenge; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She wears her red hair up. Her eyes are white and beady.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the west. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and balancing her hectic life and new shoemaker responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: In love, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'4" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His black fur, when down, is lengthy. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a Body Guard first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Architect; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Religious, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This light-skinned female wears just a brown suit. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is a great chef.

History: The child of a Detective, who enjoyed hunting, Therlin was taken on many hunting expeditions. Therlin 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 has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 160 gp. Blue quartz (8 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp).