Description: She wears dull white sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed scythe, just in case. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her scythe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. She wears her black hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Merla was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She tends to her Engraver job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 5000 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a black tunic with brown highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes. His hair, while still mostly dark red, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are black and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Blacksmith. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Blacksmith for the past few years.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 11000 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (20 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Drenna was born the youngest of three triplets. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Drenna fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 300 pp. Coral (150 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Peridot (70 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has violet eyes and a grey hat with a black feather.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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: Retire the richest woman in the east; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 9000 gp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Rose (30 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Krimmon is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Krimmon was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Banker for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Miller again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 8000 gp. Banded agate (7 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. Her divine abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Layabout.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 10000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a simple grey robe with brown stripes complete with hood, and carries daggers. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the east. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 3000 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (60 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (60 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.