Description: She is lean but muscular and wears suspenders and red workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. Her silver hair is matted, messy, and big. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Merla was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and tan handkerchief worn on his left side. His fur is yellow and curly. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a white collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a pastel scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 8000 sp. Fire opal (800 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He dresses like a well dressed Server does. His hair is chestnut and curly. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Server. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Server

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 330 gp. Amethyst (100 gp).

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She is an epitome of beauty. Her silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born in a small island village. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his left hand. His crest is brass and curly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born in the west. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). A small bag of saffron. (40 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He wears a brown costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. He has a hunchback. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to 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. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: In love, Guardian. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. She has done her best to style her cinnamon fur to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are yellow and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Junk Dealer

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

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'4" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Occupation: Baker

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.