Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is light but she possesses many yellow ritualistic tattoos. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Merla is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Merla grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She 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. She tends to her Jeweler job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and wants a kiss

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears tattered old clothes. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Doctor. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

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. After coming to the age of reason, Anthony 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's also a talented Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. Her blue hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her white eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. A friendly and beautiful Tiefling, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears baggy violet pantaloons and a tan scarf. She is an epitome of beauty. Her auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Engraver born in the past three hundred years. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Helen was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Human activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Human doctor. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a yellow tunic with green highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He stands about 6'7" and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Navigator mother left him crippled. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 15000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gifted student he started as a Adventurer, but he got bored and became a Seamstress. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Obsidian (13 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Moonstone (80 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering her clean studded leather, and is pretty ugly. She has a long white ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Nurkara was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's in love; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Mentor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: 6'1" and muscular, this northern man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the right. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 60 gp.