Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering her clean studded leather. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length blonde hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a Map Maker first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Meriele was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Meriele decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Rich, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful. Occupation: Server

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She is dressed in earthy colors with a green and brown handkerchief worn on her left side. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her blue hair is thinning but still full. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Rich, Guardian, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His long silver hair reaches down to his waist. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. The war was a terrible time for him, and Ûgakûga does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He bought a greatsword and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 200 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She is physically well-built. She has shaved her head bald. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Glassblower. She tends to her Glassblower job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: To be a Healer again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She came across an abandoned tomb where she found a relic that called out to her. After picking it up she was cursed by lycanthropy.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Fearful, PTSD. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 5'1". He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and his gloved hand is found clutching a quarterstaff. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence, Optimist. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 gp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Coral (50 gp). Coral (50 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is renowned for his bright grey suits and hats. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are green.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His silver crest is braided into rings. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born in a small desert village. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: To be a Shepherd again; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 250 pp. Obsidian (13 gp). Jade (50 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp).