Description: She has a missing right leg. She is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Merla is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She got into the Priest business at a young age. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, In love, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1200 pp. White opal (1300 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. She keeps her long gray fur kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her first spouse was a Sailor, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1000 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 5'3" and muscular, this northern man wears a black feathered hat and black clothes. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1500 pp. Azurite (16 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Coral (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Obsidian (16 gp).

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull violet iron scale mail. Her silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. Her eyes are red.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. 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: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. 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 Ploughman. She became a Ploughman soon after.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 22000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Gold and ruby ring (8000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (8000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears an entirely black suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has styled his scarlet crest well, parting it to the right. His ears are large.

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 plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 3000 gp. Citrine (60 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Jade (130 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Sard (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Jade (130 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. Her chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. Her skin is flawless and her red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Courier born in the past three hundred years. 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 to loving parents in a slum to the west. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She struck the Courier job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 7000 gp. Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Coral (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her kukri with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her crest is gold and very short. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Sora was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Hunter for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand her business

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 11000 gp. Zircon (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Jade (90 gp).