Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. A true patriot, Merla would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Merla was born the youngest of three triplets. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She wears a fancy black dress. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants, and is pretty ugly. His black fur is knotted and matted. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Smoking embodies much of what other species detest in the Tabaxis. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His parents enrolled him in a Warrior school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2200 sp.

Description: An older woman who wears a worn and beaten armor, she is not a threatening figure. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born in the east to a Fisher, Therlin learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She's also a talented Detective, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Slave. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Sporting a chestnut mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Spice Merchant business.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. His childhood dream was to be a Banker, but he was a colossal failure. He has achieved small success as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 230 gp.