Description: She is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She has a hunchback. She has no hair. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Merla was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Painter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 5000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He wears his brown hair up. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Anselm never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 5000 gp. Jade (120 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Jade (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'3" and muscular, this northern man has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his violet robe. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His ears are large.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 12000 gp. Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Blue diamond (2000 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Coral (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). White opal (600 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp).

Description: He is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gifted student he started as a Miller, but he got bored and became a Weaver. He's also a talented Miller, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to be a miller again

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict, Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 6000 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is an amazing painter.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature crossbow.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (20 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: She usually wears her white robe and has her nunchaku always slung over her shoulder. She is portly but not overly obese. Her black hair is greasy and uncared for. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She got into the Barber business at a young age. In her 18th 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. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand her business

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 10000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (70 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She tends to wear a large grey jacket. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her head has been shaved. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Bounty Hunter who has hired her part-time. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Beggar; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Slave, Has a crush. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Rose (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item.