Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her hair is chestnut and very short. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Born in the north to a Miller, Meriele learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She's also a talented Stylist, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Stylist again.

Flaws: Addict, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 600 pp. Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Jade (90 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears a green cloak and cross-gartered white stockings, she is not a threatening figure. She keeps her scarlet crest in a flapper bob. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Insomniac, Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 400 sp. 2 Acid flasks.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Borun grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Borun. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 90 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is dark but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He wears a tan tunic with black highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Layabout profession.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sellsword.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp. Chalcedony (70 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Azurite (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.