Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. A true patriot, Meriele would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her black hair is braided into rings. Her white eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with violet slacks. She is portly but not overly obese. Her white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her parents enrolled her in a Cleric school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a black cloak and cross-gartered red stockings. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His golden hair is lengthy. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Azgrom hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: Nala 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 never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nala grew up listening to her father's many stories. Nala abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 900 gp. Onyx (50 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He typically wears violet cloth garments or leather armor. He wears his black hair up. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

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. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. He dropped out of school to support his sick mother, and resented it. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 100 pp. Violet garnet (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp).

Description: This woman wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She is baby faced.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the north. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Debt, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 320 pp. Coral (100 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Amber (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.