Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she wears bulky white painted plate armor. She is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. 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: Merla lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Fortune-teller. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Fortune-teller responsibilities is difficult; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: He wears a simple yellow robe with brown stripes complete with hood. He wears his white hair down. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Healer. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Religious. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 4000 cp. Violet garnet (300 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 3'7" and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length blonde hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She hates drow. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. 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 born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her parents enrolled her in a Wizard school at a young age so that she could practice her druidic talents. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp. Jet (120 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. His black hair is lengthy. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Himo was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Himo grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Himo. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Black pearl (200 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). 1 Everburning torch.