Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She is physically well-built. Her hair is red and very short. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Merla hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'0". He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 sp. Jasper (70 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears bulky black painted plate armor. His scarlet crest, when down, is lengthy. His gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His childhood dream was to be a Locksmith, but he was a colossal failure. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: To be a Locksmith again.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 90 gp. Violet garnet (600 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'7" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a black vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her black boots flare out at the collars. She has silver crest. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was born in the south. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Climber’s kit. 1 Superior lock.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull grey iron scale mail. She keeps her black hair in a pixie cut. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Zagga is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. In her 12th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Gifted, Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1900 sp. 1 Banded mail.