Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a tight fitting violet shirt and pants. Her golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Bookbinder. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Meriele was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Bookbinder for the past few years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp).

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Cockaby enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Sailor. He tends to his Sailor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist, Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1000 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she tends to wear a large yellow jacket. She has a very tight haircut. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur, Persistence. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep red leather and dull white iron scale mail. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is a great chef.

History: Curran was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. His childhood dream was to be a Detective, but he was a colossal failure. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to be a detective again

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.