Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. 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: Meriele was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 Shipwright. She has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to drow.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge.

Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 30 gp. Sardonyx (30 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and green handkerchief worn on her left side. Her tied-back hair is white. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 200 sp. Silver pearl (40 gp).

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a glaive, but if one is not available he will default to his crossbow. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Dean was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Dean decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 150 gp. Brown-green garnet (150 gp). 1 Banded mail.