Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her scimitar with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She keeps her silver hair in a flapper bob. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. Merla is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Merla was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A freak accident while working with her Knight father left her crippled. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: She wears just a violet suit. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Leshanna was born with her father's beautiful face. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the right. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the south were limited. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Ahrim was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a Dilettante first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. After coming to the age of reason, Peter took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He became a Dilettante soon after.

Motivation: To be a Barkeep again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She uses divination through singing.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the south were limited. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears a grey broad hat and grey clothes. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. The war was a terrible time for him, and Uraim does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Uraim was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is content; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair is blonde and very short. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 500 pp. Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Jade (130 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Amber (130 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Sard (60 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Blue-white diamond (8000 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Jet (130 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Blue star sapphire (1300 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a violet shirt, with a tan mid length shorts with tan tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them, he is not a threatening figure. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Balimaar was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Courier. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Secretive, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 18000 cp. Banded agate (5 gp). Sard (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 4'9" and is dressed in an above average manner. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. He has gray eyes and a blue hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Himo grew up listening to his father's many stories. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 sp.