Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is light but she possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. She typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. With bright black hair. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Soapmaker. Merla is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Soapmaker arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Bonds: Job, Family, Rich, In love, Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 20 pp. Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). White opal (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Darrak and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 380 gp. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor, and he perpetually has his ceremonial dagger ready. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He takes great joy in being the best Carpenter in town.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Carpenter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Koeth was born on a far northern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Carpenter. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This woman wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her right hand. Her blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Birel's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was born into a rich family. Birel liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Pink diamond (4000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Baker. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and balancing his hectic life and new baker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Slave, Has a crush. Occupation: Baker

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a rapier, but if one is not available he will default to his longbow. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Being a Sculptor kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Silver ewer (100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (120 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'1" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She likes to wear violet tank tops with yellow skirt. Her blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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. A true patriot, Felosial would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Felosial lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Carter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Poor, Military, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1000 gp. Azurite (10 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.