Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Merla hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Merla alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He is physically well-built. His scarlet crest is singed and shortened. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Nykkan 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 was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He is dressed in a clean green cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has a hunchback. His hair is red and curly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. Her silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. 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 is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Eleanor was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Sard (30 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Emerald (600 gp). Rose (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her rapier, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. She has dyed her greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Mayor who has hired her part-time. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Naivara took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up rapier and armor she uses now. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Nature, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson black hat.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and money/treasure

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 2000 sp. Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her black hair is well kept. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Just what you see.