Description: A middle-aged woman, she dresses like a well dressed Mortician does, and is pretty ugly. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Meriele 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 used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She got into the Mortician business at a young age. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: Standing 5'0", this woman wears a brown shirt with thin yellow vertical stripes and green pants. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hand crossbow.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and doesn't want to be a glassblower and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 4000 sp. Aquamarine (1400 gp).

Description: He wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His yellow leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 350 gp. Rock crystal (50 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gifted student he started as a Barkeep, but he got bored and became a Map Maker. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Map Maker.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and balancing his hectic life and new map maker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively, and he perpetually has his kukri ready. He has dyed his greying brass crest a little too much giving a sharp brass color. His red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. Hirrathak abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts. Her brown fur is greasy and uncared for. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Carpenter but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: She usually wears her white robe and has her club always slung over her shoulder. She is physically well-built. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A freak accident while working with her Doctor mother left her crippled. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic, Mundane, Ugly, Fearful. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1200 gp. Coral (100 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Jet (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.