Description: She wears a simple tan robe with grey stripes complete with hood. She carries with her a set of lances on her belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Meriele wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Aristocrat, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She is an amazing painter.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. A gifted student she started as a Marshal, but she got bored and became a Animal Trainer. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Animal Trainer.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This man wears a black coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is short and red. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. When Trag reached his early adolescence his Half-Orc mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

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 is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His hair is red and curly. His ears are large.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His parents were killed by giants in a raid when he was still a young child. The giants captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has achieved small success as a Sculptor.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Sculptor responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his scimitar with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Jak hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Jak lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: She has the majority of her body covered in plate, and carries pickaxes. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes are a pleasant white.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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. Uzza fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Amethyst (40 gp). Coral (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp).

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. She carries a battered sickle and tarnished mace as well. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Gnomes in Mardnab's homeland. Mardnab decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mardnab fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 24000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he prefers to wear green clothing when he does not wear armor. He has wavy purple hair. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Shy, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 20 pp.