Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. A true patriot, Merla would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has worked as a Detective like her father before her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to end her boredom

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Military, Nature. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Vezera was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 900 gp. Onyx (30 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'7". He wears professional attire, and his gloved hand is found clutching a club. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it, and carries hammers. She has a very tight haircut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 600 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. She wears her auburn hair down. She has amber eyes and a brown hat with a white feather.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Performer born in the past three hundred years. She takes great joy in being the best Performer in town.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Orc companion (her 'brother'). She then took over the family business and is one of the better Performer for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 300 gp. A silver and pearl hairclip (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.