Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her long blonde hair reaches down to her waist. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Merla was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Strong lisp

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

Description: This light-skinned male likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Shipwright work with an outfit from a few towns over. Shipwright work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Ernest never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Nature, In love. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Coral (80 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears white painted combat armor at almost all times, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born into a rich family. He worked as a nervous Shoemaker and found it very stressful. He's also a talented Guard, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a simple blue robe with black stripes complete with hood. Her hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. Her amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She bought a halberd and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1700 gp.

Description: This northern man prefers to wear flannel. His clothes are grease stained in places. His golden hair is cut short. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born to a Fletcher, his mother struggled to pay the bills. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 6000 gp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp).

Description: 4'11" and muscular, this northern woman wears tattered old clothes. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Bounty Hunter. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She tends to her Bounty Hunter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to be a merchant again

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Tourmaline (160 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Malachite (14 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs, he is not a threatening figure. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Lance was born with his mother's beautiful face. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her lavender fur is long and unkept. Her yellow eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature ceremonial dagger.

Motivation: To be a Fortune-teller again; and expand her business

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Buckler.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is black and curly. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

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 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: Theren was born with his father's beautiful face. After coming to the age of reason, Theren took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 90 gp.