Description: Standing 2'9", this woman wears a white collared shirt and brown skirt. She accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her hair is long and auburn with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small white clips. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her green eyes.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Merla was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Adventurer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Adventurer.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Flaws: Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He worked as a nervous Server and found it very stressful. He tends to his Server job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease, Selfish, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Unvera grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her first spouse was a Courier, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 400 sp. Golden pearl (150 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the left. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Armara was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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 Sage. She struck the Sage job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She's in love; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He takes great joy in being the best Assassin in town.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Assassin arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. After months of barely getting by, Erky managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: Expand his business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 4000 cp. Silver pearl (60 gp).

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. Her fur is short and black. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Through the years after Quick was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Quick's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 500 sp. Aquamarine (200 gp).

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears professional attire. Her blonde hair is cut short. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. A friendly and beautiful Half-Orc, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, giants burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying south to reunite her family. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and she wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His silver hair is singed and shortened. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Thamuz lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Spice Merchant they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Ploughman, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 130 pp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he sports violet clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Shane is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Shane was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. 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. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 gp. Deep blue spinel (800 gp). 2 Antitoxin. 3 Tanglefoot bags.