Description: She stands about 2'9" and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She has wavy white hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She has all her life been fascinated with singing.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Merla was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 500 pp. Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Amber (60 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Zircon (40 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His orange fur is greasy and uncared for. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Shifting and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: He wears a green shirt with thin red vertical stripes and yellow pants, and he perpetually has his kukri ready. He has wavy red crest. His gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful, Ugly. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. Her crest is cut close to her head. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. The war was a terrible time for her, and Quespa 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 mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Sage arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When Quespa reached her early adolescence her Dragonborn mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Sage for the past few years.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Flaws: Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Rich, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull yellow iron scale mail. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Eiravel lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Painter and was forced into it by his family; and to reunite with his absent mother

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, In love. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1400 sp. 1 Alchemist’s fire. 3 Smokesticks. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her scarlet crest is greasy and uncared for. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Professionalism, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 14000 cp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp).

Description: He sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and he perpetually has his scythe ready. He sports a flattop fur cut. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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 has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her hair is long and auburn with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small violet clips. She is baby faced.

Personality: Irann hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. Irann enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Orc companion (her 'brother'). She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a rapier, but if one is not available she will default to her club. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length black hair. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Gifted from a young age, Eridred studied abroad. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Banded mail.