Description: She typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. Her hair is short and red. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. 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: Born in the south to a Miner, Merla learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: Revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 160 gp. Freshwater pearl (10 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 3'1" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a red feathered hat and red clothes. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the right. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Oren lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: 6'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His fur is yellow and curly. He has copper eyes and a brown hat with a tan feather.

Personality: Pelt speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Pelt was born with his father's beautiful face. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Amber (110 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'6" when asserting himself. His red fur is greasy and uncared for. This hazel eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Glassblower hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Poor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His silver hair is braided into rings. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has achieved small success as a Herbalist.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 700 sp.