Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. She has a very tight haircut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes goblins are coming to abduct people. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Merla was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Healer. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Healer for hire.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Job. Occupation: Healer

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

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears bulky blue painted plate armor. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 2700 sp. 3 Holy water. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: This tall, slender man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His tied-back hair is blonde. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Kody was born the youngest of three triplets. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Barrister for hire.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he is content

Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 gp. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'2" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She tends to wear a blue poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Traulam enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and doesn't want to be a barber and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane, Hedonist. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: An older woman who is dressed in an above average manner, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Mayor. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Isabella liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 500 sp.