Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a worn and beaten armor, and is pretty ugly. She has slicked back auburn hair. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Meriele was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she's in love

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 900 pp. Hematite (9 gp). Amber (100 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Emerald (900 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 5'1" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has shaved his head bald. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He found a children's book about a Elf Paladin who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Obsidian (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His head has been shaved. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. 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, Joser is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Halflings in Joser's homeland. Joser decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a blue coat. His silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He got into the Bricklayer business at a young age. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 50 gp. Amber (100 gp).

Description: She wears a simple grey robe with red stripes complete with hood. She carries a battered spear and tarnished club as well. Her chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. Her green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is mildly Dwarf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dwarven conditions. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Carpenter they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Tailor, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This western woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has red eyes.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record, In love. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 300 gp. Banded agate (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a fancy brown suit. He sports a flattop fur cut. His skin is flawless and his copper eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Seven has worked very hard to control his curse. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Debt. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 5000 sp. Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Peridot (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'1". She wears a tattered pair of loose yellow pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Scribe profession.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Juliana liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears a mask on his face.

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 never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he 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. Kipper fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 200 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp).