Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a red coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon her head. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Merla enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Merla hails from a village terrorized by giants. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Brewer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat. He has shaved his head bald. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Heian was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. Heian was born on a far northern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Jeweler. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 2000 gp. Onyx (50 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her gray fur, when down, is lengthy. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Gifted from a young age, Shivering studied abroad. Her parents enrolled her in a Adept school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Scribe they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Baker, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Passionate, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 17000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.