Description: This late middle aged woman wears red trousers with tan and red striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts and is in decent physical shape. Her red hair is well kept. This brown eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Merla is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Merla 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. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has a very tight haircut. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Donella was born on a far eastern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Dyer. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Passionate, Justice. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Malachite (8 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. Her tied-back hair is blonde. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She takes great joy in being the best Architect in town.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A freak accident while working with her Cartwright father left her crippled. She became a Architect soon after.

Motivation: Revenge; and she is greedy

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 700 gp. Star rose quartz (20 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She dresses in pastel turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with blue slacks. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has done her best to style her black fur to look like a famous performer. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Kite fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Slave, Religious. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 4000 gp. Onyx (80 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Rose (80 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Sard (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). 1 Medium magic item.