Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She tends to wear a red poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born in the west to a Bowyer, Merla learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'11" when asserting himself. He has shaved his head bald. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He uses divination through singing.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Mortician work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mortician work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and balancing his hectic life and new mortician responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 70 pp. Red spinel (160 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Rose (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She very much looks the part of a Bricklayer. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She wears her red crest up. Her gold eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker green hat.

Personality: Biri is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: Born in the south to a Bricklayer, Biri learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She tends to her Bricklayer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Slave, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has wavy auburn hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of goblins may trigger it at times.

History: Enialis hails from a village terrorized by goblins. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Herbalist hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. After a long history of fighting, Enialis and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 120 gp. Chrysoprase (40 gp). 1 Banded mail.