Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her white hair is knotted and matted. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Merla hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. A gifted student she started as a Painter, but she got bored and became a Healer. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Moonstone (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has wavy silver hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He bought a monstrous two handed axe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: Standing 4'4", this man wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Fisher who has hired him part-time. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Fisher for hire.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and expand his business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Has a crush, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp. 4 Tanglefoot bags. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: 2'8" and muscular, this northern woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Holy water.