Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her bastard sword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has wavy white hair. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her small violet hat.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. Meriele enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Meriele hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Her first spouse was a Sage, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. Her skin is dark but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She tends to wear a large brown jacket. She wears her brown hair up. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Mortician arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 140 pp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'2" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He 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 red. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Orc conditions. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane, Racist. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is wearing a long, red cloak. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Tiefling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Tiefling doctor. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She is content; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Mundane, Racist, Addict. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Red spinel (120 gp).