Description: She wears an entirely white suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She is portly but not overly obese. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Merla is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 390 gp. Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a shortspear on her belt. She carries with her a set of shortspears on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she has a crush on the local spice merchant

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 80 gp. Chrysoberyl (90 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy blue stubble. She wears a worn and beaten armor. She has a hunchback. Her blue hair is singed and shortened. Her red eyes peer out from beneath her top green hat.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Jeweler. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is a great chef.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Jeweler responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the left. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 110 gp. Jet (50 gp). 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 200 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).

Description: 4'8" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a blue vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his blue boots flare out at the collars. He sports a flattop hair cut. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Raer was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'3" when asserting himself. His white hair is lengthy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. The war was a terrible time for him, and Euron does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Euron was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Being a Stableman kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Flaws: Insane, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a yellow collared shirt and red pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is dark but she possesses many red ritualistic tattoos. She likes to wear tan tank tops with red skirt. Her head has been shaved. 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 is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born in the east. 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 Scribe. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and expand her business

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 100 gp.