Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Meriele embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Hunter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Hunter work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Meriele fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Tiefling people; and balancing her hectic life and new hunter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 12000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (90 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: This light-skinned male wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1000 gp. Aquamarine (900 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp).

Description: She stands about 6'5" and prefers to wear flannel. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her fur is cut close to her head. Her copper eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. Flask enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has done his best to style his brown fur to look like a famous performer. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Right-Handed was born with his mother's beautiful face. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She usually wears her black robe and has her rapier always slung over her shoulder. Her auburn hair is still thick. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his ceremonial dagger, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. He sports a flattop hair cut. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Fonkin took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up ceremonial dagger and armor he uses now. 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: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Nature, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 8000 gp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 4'11". She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, and her gloved hand is found clutching a dagger. Her head has been shaved. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her first spouse was a Hunter, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 600 pp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp). Silver ewer (20 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.