Description: She is lean but muscular and prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts. Her brown hair is long and unkept. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. Merla 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 remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a black coat with tan slacks. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Mentor, Debt. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Barber

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

Possessions: 1200 gp. Jade (70 gp).

Description: 5'3" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. 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: Aelar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Aelar never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Half-Orc compassion; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, In love. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has no hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are white.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Zepar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Debt. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 360 pp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). A small bag of saffron. (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. His red fur is lengthy. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. He 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. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and balancing his hectic life and new shoemaker responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Nature, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor. He wears his cinnamon fur down. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Weaver they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Brewer, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Rose (80 gp). Jade (100 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp).

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a red and black robe with the hood down. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Miller who has hired him part-time. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Radomir was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His first spouse was a Weaver, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He became a Miller soon after.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Has a crush, Job, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her black hair is matted, messy, and big. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is mildly Half-Orc supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. Huru was born on a far eastern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Shepherd. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Human people; and human compassion

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 90 gp. Jade (140 gp). 1 Banded mail.