Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Meriele was born on a far northern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Brewer. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 400 gp. 3 Thunderstones. 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears tattered old clothes. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. He has hazel eyes and a white hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He has worked as a Tanner like his mother before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Tanner responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 2600 sp. Rock crystal (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp).

Description: He wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings, and he perpetually has his trident ready. He has shaved his head bald. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her bastard sword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her black hair is still thick. Her skin is flawless and her black eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 got money to start a business from the gang present in town. She is greatly indebted to them.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Poor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 12000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Oda 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. Oda 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 would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: An older woman who does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. Her parents were killed by drow in a raid when she was still a young child. The drow captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has worked as a Farmer like her father before her.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is her passion.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his kukri, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.