Description: She wears dull tan sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed sai, just in case. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. The war was a terrible time for her, and Meriele does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Tanner arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Tanner. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man stands a little under 3'1" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a red vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his red boots flare out at the collars. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he is greedy

Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively, and carries greataxes. He sports a flattop hair cut. His fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He hates Tieflings with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Cairn grew up listening to his mother's many stories. 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 dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

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

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He keeps his blue crest in a flapper bob. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born into a rich family. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 100 pp. Golden pearl (40 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and carries ceremonial daggers. Her hair is short and silver. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. While she appears to be a normal Dwarf, 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 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: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barber

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

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'2" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her gold crest is singed and shortened. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Tatyan hails from a village terrorized by orcs. She moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 100 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. His hair is auburn and curly. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Halimath hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (70 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a quarterstaff, but if one is not available he will default to his nunchaku, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His hair is black and curly. His white eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Zephan hails from a village terrorized by giants. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Zephan alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and many giants want him driven away

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 150 gp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her tied-back hair is white. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Through the years after Sarah was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Sarah's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Sarah and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1 Banded mail. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.