Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She typically wears red cloth garments or leather armor. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Merla speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. 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 routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Fearful, Insane. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 5000 gp. Moonstone (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Jet (110 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. She has a hunchback. She has wavy white hair. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Slave Trader business.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Through the years after Maiathah was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Maiathah's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 4000 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it, and is pretty ugly. She keeps her white hair in a flapper bob. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Seamstress arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 2000 pp. Star rose quartz (80 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Coral (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Rose (80 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Hematite (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and brown handkerchief worn on her right side. Her silver hair is well kept. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Juliana speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Juliana grew up listening to her father's many stories. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Attractive. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 7000 gp. Aquamarine (1200 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Rose (30 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His white hair is long and unkept. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Halfling companion (his 'brother'). He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 5000 gp. Gold cup set with emeralds (5000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is light but he possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. He very much looks the part of a Adventurer. His brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Patrick was born the youngest of three triplets. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Adventurer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has worked as a Adventurer like his mother before him.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family, Poor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Eye agate (10 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Sard (30 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Coral (140 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: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with black slacks. With bright white hair. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Ielenia is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Ielenia was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Shepherd they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Navigator, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she is content

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 8000 gp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Sard (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.