Description: She wears a white vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her white boots flare out at the collars. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Born in the west to a Courier, Merla learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Merla was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Merla decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She became a Courier soon after.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 400 sp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She is an epitome of beauty. Her chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a warhammer on his belt. His crest is copper, silky, and of moderate length. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 40000 cp.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Dyer. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to be a crown-heir again

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Secretive, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A 3'4" southern man, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is greedy

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Moss agate (15 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Amber (120 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears dull blue sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed spear, just in case. She has white hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 11000 sp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Amber (130 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears just a grey suit. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.