Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a black coat with green slacks. Her hair is black and curly. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Meriele isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Elven unity. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Meriele is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1000 sp. Tourmaline (50 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears long strands of ruby and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She wears her black hair down. She has blue eyes and a grey hat with a black feather.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. 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 was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered west to less war torn lands. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Insane, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull brown iron scale mail. His chestnut hair is still thick. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He is a Lamia in disguise. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Apothecary. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: He wears bulky grey painted plate armor. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is blonde and curly. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

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. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Standing 4'2", this man wears a grey collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Kilvar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered east to less war torn lands. He tends to his Masseuse job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This malnourished man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He wears his red hair up. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tabaxi artifacts is his passion; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1000 gp. Star rose quartz (50 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a pastel armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has dyed his greying yellow fur a little too much giving a sharp yellow color. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker pastel hat.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His druidic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He struck the Bookbinder job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears an entirely red suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: The child of a Shepherd, who enjoyed hunting, Nora was taken on many hunting expeditions. Nora 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 guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and to unite with her brother

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Rock crystal (20 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Jasper (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. He keeps his blue hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are white and beady.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Valafar embodies much of what other species detest in the Tieflings. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Valafar grew up listening to his father's many stories. While he appears to be a normal Tiefling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 200 gp.