Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Meriele hails from a village terrorized by goblins. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She wants revenge against goblins; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Artistic, Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is light but she possesses many yellow ritualistic tattoos. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She has done her best to style her auburn hair to look like a famous performer. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Anne grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Anne. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 800 gp. Silver pearl (150 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a pastel feathered hat and pastel clothes. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 130 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 2'10" and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Fargas liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 300 sp. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She has styled her black crest well, parting it to the left. She has a dull look in her red eyes.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 3. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Glassblower arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 6000 gp. White opal (800 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp).