Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Gardener. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Gardener born in the past three hundred years. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Merla was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A freak accident while working with her Dilettante father left her crippled. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Dilettante. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2000 cp. Chalcedony (40 gp).

Description: This woman likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her white fur is still thick. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Jade was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a black vest and prefers white and blue shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. Her black eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Shava isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Tiefling unity. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Body Guard. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a blue tunic with white highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around his shoes. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is a great chef.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Hunter. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Hunter.

Motivation: He's in love; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 120 gp.