Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a red coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon her head. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform After a long history of fighting, Merla and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Server

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Shipwright for the past few years.

Motivation: To protect her home; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 10000 sp.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and is wearing a long, black cloak. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has brown eyes.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Sculptor arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and money/treasure

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 800 gp. Amber (110 gp).

Description: This woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Tabaxi culture. 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 always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Half-Elf, 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Tabaxi compassion.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Racist, Insane. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Fire opal (400 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp).