Description: This northern woman wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears a colorful flower in her blonde hair. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Merla will drive conversation. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born in the north. 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: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She is content.

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Mundane. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 gp. Alexandrite (500 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man is dressed in an above average manner and is in decent physical shape. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Erias's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born into a rich family. While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, 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 knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Selfish, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This malnourished man wears a grey tunic with brown highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around his shoes. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Fallond hails from a village terrorized by brigands. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He wants revenge against brigands; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 200 sp. Pink pearl (80 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears just a brown suit. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Nuraval was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Animal Trainer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. After a long history of fighting, Nuraval and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to share knowledge with the world

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.