Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her golden hair is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of goblins once and for all.

History: Merla lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 18000 gp. Rose (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around her ears. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born in a small plains village. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She became a Miller soon after.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1000 gp. Obsidian (4 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Jet (130 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Sard (40 gp). Coral (130 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat and is in decent physical shape. She has done her best to style her purple hair to look like a famous performer. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When Astaro reached her early adolescence her Tiefling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She tends to her Dilettante job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Rich, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1600 pp. Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (50 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This southern man wears a fancy blue suit. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has shaved his head bald. 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 has always had a great fascination with Half-Orc culture. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 800 pp. Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears a brown shirt with thin green vertical stripes and blue pants. She has dyed her greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her childhood dream was to be a Doctor, but she was a colossal failure. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Shipwright.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 3000 gp. Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Black opal (500 gp). Black opal (500 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Armorer. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he has a crush on the local armorer

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 2000 pp. Coral (40 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Brown diamond (5000 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Jet (40 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Jet (40 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears long strands of ruby and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He got into the Healer business at a young age. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He tends to his Healer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Healer and was forced into it by his family; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 5000 gp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (80 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (130 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (11000 gp).