Description: 2'10" and muscular, this eastern woman very much looks the part of a Baker. She has shaved her head bald. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Merla's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Baker for the past few years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Rich, Military. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'3". He is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, green shirt, and white tie. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born in the east to a Shepherd, Travok learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His childhood dream was to be a Apothecary, but he was a colossal failure. He has worked as a Shepherd like his mother before him.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 3100 sp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a brown collared shirt and grey skirt. She accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She sports a flattop fur cut. She has blue eyes and a brown hat with a grey feather.

Personality: She is mildly Tabaxi supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. When Quick reached her early adolescence her Tabaxi father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Family, Military, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 29000 cp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the east. Erdan was born on a far eastern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Sage. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to protect his home

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Guardian, Slave. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 4000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (110 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (110 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.