Description: This woman wears a white shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and red pants. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. With wild red hair. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: Merla wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Commoner, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... A friendly and beautiful Halfling, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 40 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and carries glaives. His copper crest is long and unkept. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the north. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Miner. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rivaan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: Elven compassion; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 8000 cp. 1 Holy water. 2 Acid flasks. 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His tied-back hair is white. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Thokk embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Orcs. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and money/treasure

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: He has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his yellow robe. He carries with him a set of nunchakus on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His purple hair has been sun bleached extensively. His ears are large.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. His childhood dream was to be a Body Guard, but he was a colossal failure. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Tanner for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a body guard again

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 300 sp. 7 Acid flasks.