Description: A 2'11" northern woman, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Healer profession.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Dilettante arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Merla was born on a far northern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Dilettante. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Chrysoprase (30 gp). Obsidian (4 gp).

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born in the east. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Donella was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 14000 sp. A roughly beaten golden orb (110 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp).

Description: A 6'5" southern man, he wears just a white suit. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and to reunite with his absent father

Flaws: Depressed, Secretive. Bonds: Religious, Family, Debt. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears long strands of topaz and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has wavy brown hair. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

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. 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: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp).