Description: 2'11" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a white shirt, with a brown mid length skirt with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her silver hair is well kept. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Merla grew up listening to her father's many stories. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (80 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, pastel shirt, and green tie. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. A gifted student he started as a Cook, but he got bored and became a Servant. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Servant for hire.

Motivation: Expand his business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 2000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (90 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). A small bag of saffron. (90 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'2". She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her spear with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and her gloved hand is found clutching a spear. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. 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: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Armorer they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Scribe, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Family, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 3000 gp. Moonstone (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His silver crest is lengthy. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his small green hat.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Rhogar abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She wears her chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Anastrianna was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Merchant work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older man who is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, he is not a threatening figure. He keeps his brass crest in a pixie cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Nadarr was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Druid, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Druid in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Through the years after Nadarr was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Nadarr's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Nadarr and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is typically in his Sailor uniform, and carries spears. He sports a flattop hair cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Obsidian (10 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp).