Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her golden hair is cut short. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. Merla enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 5000 sp. Blue quartz (12 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears silk and lounges about seductively and is in decent physical shape. His red hair is thinning but still full. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

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 also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 400 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is wearing a long, brown cloak. She has a long brown ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Brewer profession.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She tends to her Fletcher job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 50 pp. Eye agate (14 gp). Sard (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp).

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She carries with her a set of shields on her belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She has a very tight haircut. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Nedda lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nedda fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 9000 cp. Jade (70 gp). Jet (70 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. She has done her best to style her auburn hair to look like a famous performer. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

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. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Orc conditions. She bought a pickaxe and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Half-Orc compassion.

Flaws: Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 120000 cp. Coral (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length black hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: Beatrice is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Beatrice was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Beatrice 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. Beatrice decided she wanted neither the life of her mother 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 ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Sailor for the past few years.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Extrovert, Opinionated. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 700 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His brown hair is braided into rings. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He is a Lycanthrope in disguise. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Layabout hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 100 gp.