Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears skinny pants and wears a red and white robe with the hood down. Her hair is short and auburn. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Merla is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Gifted from a young age, Merla studied abroad. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She is typically in her Carpenter uniform. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her hair is red and curly. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed white hat.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She struck the Carpenter job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Religious, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Map Maker. She is a great chef.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Map Maker arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing yellow cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His tied-back hair is auburn. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Elven conditions. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Banded agate (6 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Citrine (70 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is wearing a long, white cloak. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Eida is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 150 gp.