Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is light but she possesses many grey ritualistic tattoos. She wears a white costume with the symbols of luck on her torso. She wears her silver hair down. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Merla was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and balancing her hectic life and new architect responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Sensitive, Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich, In love. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 80 gp. Blue quartz (5 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars. His auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a bow, but if one is not available he will default to his mace and is in decent physical shape. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. He is baby faced.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: 6'8" and muscular, this eastern woman prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She keeps her gold crest in a pixie cut. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. Her crest is bronze and curly. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. While she appears to be a normal Dragonborn, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is content; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 320 gp.