Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is dressed in an above average manner. Her black hair is still thick. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Merla 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. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She wears her red crest down. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Mijira was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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. After a long history of fighting, Xappan and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 100 gp. Chrysoprase (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Amber (140 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears baggy blue pantaloons and a green scarf. He keeps his blonde hair in a pixie cut. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Ivellios was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He tends to his Fortune-teller job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and expand his business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: French accent

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

Description: 5'2" and muscular, this western woman wears a black vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her black boots flare out at the collars. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are likewise silver. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull black iron scale mail. His tied-back hair is red. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Fabien was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He has worked as a Healer like his father before him.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and he perpetually has his monstrous two handed axe ready. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Joser hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Joser fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He hates goblins. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. 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: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His red hair is lengthy. He is baby faced.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Scribe and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1000 sp. Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.