Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother 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. After a long history of fighting, Merla and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2000 gp. Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: This woman loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: The child of a Brewer, who enjoyed hunting, Kasdeya was taken on many hunting expeditions. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. 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. Kasdeya fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 7000 gp. Moonstone (60 gp). Eye agate (14 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He has moderate length black fur. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1200 pp. Peridot (80 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. Her auburn hair is well kept. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She got into the Fisher business at a young age. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She's also a talented Detective, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand her business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice, Opinionated, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 12000 gp. Moonstone (60 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Coral (160 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). White pearl (160 gp). White pearl (160 gp).

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'4" and prefers to wear flannel. He has shaved his head bald. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Spice Merchant for hire.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Spice Merchant and was forced into it by his family; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Sard (50 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a white coat. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born in a small desert village. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Mortician. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Mortician responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 8000 gp. Black pearl (1200 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Amber (110 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Red garnet (110 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He prefers to wear violet pants and tee shirts. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. Naal enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the north were limited. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 7000 gp. Onyx (80 gp). Amber (60 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). White opal (800 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Peridot (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.