Description: This eastern woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her auburn hair is cut short. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Merla is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Born to a Butcher, her father struggled to pay the bills. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the east were limited. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1000 cp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She has moderate length brown hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She is a Lamia in disguise. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Jo has worked very hard to control her curse. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 sp. Onyx (70 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Obsidian (11 gp).

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her golden hair is cut short. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Diesa hails from a village terrorized by brigands. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 260 gp. 1 Hourglass.

Description: She dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with violet slacks. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She is a Hag in disguise. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Barrister and was forced into it by her family; and to reunite with her absent mother

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 600 sp. White pearl (90 gp).