Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a worn and beaten armor. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Gifted from a young age, Merla studied abroad. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a green cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. She has purple hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines black.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Ea was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She wants revenge against drow; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Fire opal (500 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she prefers to wear yellow clothing when she does not wear armor. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Cook arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears red leather gloves, a red jacket, and tight pants. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the left. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He tends to his Adventurer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 80 gp. Azurite (14 gp).

Description: He dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with red slacks, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 2'10" when asserting himself. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are gray.

Personality: Wiggan wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Barbarian, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Born in the east to a Priest, Wiggan learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Priest.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and balancing his hectic life and new priest responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Disciplined, Impeccable. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Debt. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: She wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a longsword, but if one is not available she will default to her bastard sword. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Oppah wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Bard, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Oppah abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Freshwater pearl (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item.