Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her tied-back hair is white. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Merla enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Hedonist, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Job, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: She tends to wear a large white jacket, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'1" when asserting herself. Her chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her broad white hat.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: Bella hails from a village terrorized by drow. She took after her mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her mother taught her to defend herself. When her mother died while fighting drow, the young Bella began to lead the lost caravan. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and many drow want her driven away

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Dwarf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. She has dyed her greying red fur a little too much giving a sharp red color. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Cloud is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: The child of a Merchant, who enjoyed hunting, Cloud was taken on many hunting expeditions. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Body Guard hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Nature, Poor, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 170 pp. Jade (90 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Peridot (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.