Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She carries with her a set of quarterstaffs on her belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. Her black hair is lengthy. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Merla was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Engraver.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and balancing her hectic life and new engraver responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 3000 cp. Red garnet (40 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He got into the Soapmaker business at a young age. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and doesn't want to be a soapmaker and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 130 gp. Amber (40 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her crest is short and red. Her red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His childhood dream was to be a Beggar, but he was a colossal failure. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 130 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.