Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She carries with her a set of rapiers, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her auburn hair is lengthy. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Meriele hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She uses divination through singing.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered west to less war torn lands. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Meriele fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 2900 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has moderate length black hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman, and is pretty ugly. His orange fur has been sun bleached extensively. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Cloud was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1000 cp. Star rose quartz (60 gp).

Description: 4'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His yellow leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars. His black hair is thinning but still full. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Adrik is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Adrik was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Monk, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Monk in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 360 gp. 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She wears her auburn hair down. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Fletcher born in the past three hundred years. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Born in the south to a Fletcher, Aline learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. 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: She's repulsed by the PC; and balancing her hectic life and new fletcher responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His white crest, when down, is lengthy. His fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: The child of a Doctor, who enjoyed hunting, Quarethon was taken on many hunting expeditions. Quarethon liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1600 gp. Eye agate (10 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Red garnet (130 gp).

Description: This man has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his green robe. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his right hand. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. Oren enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Oren grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Oren. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Addict, Hedonist, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. Alexandrite (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Onyx (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears baggy yellow pantaloons and a green scarf. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her pickaxe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. Her silver hair is smooth and relatively long. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Blacksmith and was forced into it by her family; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 310 gp. 1 Half-Plate.