Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. A true patriot, Merla would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Merla was born the youngest of three triplets. Merla was born on a far northern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Sailor. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 8000 gp. Black pearl (600 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Brown diamond (8000 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it, and is pretty ugly. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Quillathe was born on a far eastern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Gardener. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman very much looks the part of a Bowyer. She is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around her ears. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She's also a talented Marshal, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'0" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She wears her silver hair up. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Slave Trader for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Insomniac, Lazy. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her white crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Mason and was forced into it by her family; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 7000 sp.