Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is renowned for her bright red dresses and hats. Her silver hair is braided into rings. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Merla's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. Merla enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Merla was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Theodoric was born with his mother's beautiful face. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Theodoric never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Mundane, Impulsive. Bonds: In love, Attractive. Occupation: Sage

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 12000 gp. Star rose quartz (20 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Amber (70 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Black star sapphire (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a tan collared shirt and red pants. He accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. 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 shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Gennal lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Gennal 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 2000 gp. Peridot (60 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Jet (150 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Azurite (12 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a grey coat over a yellow low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon her head. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has violet eyes and a grey hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: She is a Lamia in disguise. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1000 pp. Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (5000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Sporting a blonde mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. A gifted student she started as a Dilettante, but she got bored and became a Blacksmith. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Dilettante; and she's in love

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 4000 gp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 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: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She tends to wear a large black jacket. She has shaved her head bald. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Lezre abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 300 pp. Bloodstone (50 gp). Jade (80 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a violet armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down. Her red hair is heavily combed to the right. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Because her father participated in the massacre of their homeland, gnolls burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her mother from journeying west to reunite her family. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black pearl (800 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp).