Description: She wears a red collared shirt and white skirt. She accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She is portly but not overly obese. She keeps her long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Merla was born with her mother's beautiful face. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her first spouse was a Seamstress, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and doesn't want to be a banker and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a yellow shirt, with a black mid length skirt with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly pickaxes and sickles. Her blonde hair is singed and shortened. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. A true patriot, Avelina would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Avelina 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. Avelina 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. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Star rose quartz (50 gp). Azurite (15 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her black hair is lengthy. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Blossom was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. He is baby faced.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Halimath has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Obsidian (8 gp). Azurite (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His black crest has been sun bleached extensively. His gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. 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 south. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hand crossbow.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1400 gp. Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Armorer does. Her hair is golden and very short. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Artin was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her childhood dream was to be a Soapmaker, but she was a colossal failure. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Guardian, Mentor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 100 gp.