Description: This woman stands a little under 5'5" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a simple yellow robe with brown stripes complete with hood. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Meriele was born on a far eastern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Shepherd. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Meriele never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His silver hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are silver and catlike.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 300 gp. Amethyst (80 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has blonde hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is wearing a long, pastel cloak. Her gray fur is knotted and matted. Her eyes are copper and beady.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Beast was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Mercenary for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor, In love. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 gp. Bloodstone (70 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp).

Description: 4'8" and muscular, this western woman tends to wear a large yellow jacket. She has wavy red hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. In her 15th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Breastplate.