Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Meriele 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 Meriele. 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.

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears baggy black pantaloons and a blue scarf. She has done her best to style her auburn hair to look like a famous performer. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Junk Dealer. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To be a Sculptor again.

Flaws: Depressed, Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 70 gp. Azurite (11 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her chestnut hair is lengthy. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Elves in Thiala's homeland. Thiala decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Thiala fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a white top hat and white clothes. Her hair is silver and curly. She has amber eyes and a white hat with a green feather.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Locksmith. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 900 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp).