Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears red trousers with brown and grey striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. The war was a terrible time for her, and Merla does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Merla was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She struck the Cartwright job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She is wearing a long, tan cloak. Her hair is golden and very short. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She worked as a nervous Architect and found it very stressful. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Architect for hire.

Motivation: To be a Sailor again; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. His red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the east were limited. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is dark but he possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

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. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Ghaliver was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is content; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Pink pearl (110 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: She tends to wear a large brown jacket, and she perpetually has her halberd ready. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A gifted student she started as a Soapmaker, but she got bored and became a Layabout. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Fearful, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Layabout

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

Possessions: 200 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).