Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'9". She dresses well, wearing red shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, and her gloved hand is found clutching a mace. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Merla was born the youngest of three triplets. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Map Maker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Merla fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her hair is silver and curly. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Adventurer born in the past three hundred years. Sekhmet enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When Sekhmet reached her early adolescence her Tiefling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1500 sp. Citrine (30 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Tabaxi activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Tabaxi doctor. He tends to his Hunter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Racist. Bonds: In love, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her chestnut hair is still thick. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Pyra hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Hunter. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.