Description: A pudgy woman standing about 2'9" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Merla was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Merla decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'1" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her brass crest is matted, messy, and big. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gold eyes.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Saphara lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Sculptor and was forced into it by her family; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This light-skinned male prefers to wear grey clothing when he does not wear armor. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He wears his white hair up. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Gardener. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Nalral was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears suspenders and white workpants. Her shirt is yellow, and she wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. She is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around her ears. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats 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: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Dwarven activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Dwarven doctor. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is her passion.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Spy

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

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Sellsword who has hired him part-time. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a Bookbinder, his mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Sellsword hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Bookbinder; and he's attracted to the pc

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.