Description: She dresses like a well dressed Performer does. She is portly but not overly obese. Her hair is auburn and very short. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Performer. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Born in the east to a Performer, Merla learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her parents were killed by giants in a raid when she was still a young child. The giants captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has achieved small success as a Performer.

Motivation: She wants revenge against giants; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Elf in existence. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 200 sp. Chalcedony (80 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Actor who has hired her part-time. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Born to a Butcher, her father struggled to pay the bills. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Poor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts, and is pretty ugly. Her fur is yellow and curly. She has amber eyes and a brown hat with a blue feather.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Banker business.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Banker arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and she perpetually has her sickle ready. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Fearful. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His brown hair is still thick. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Crown-heir. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a red coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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 accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born into a rich family. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She tends to her Carpenter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and many orcs want her driven away

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, In love, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. 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 cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He usually wears his pastel robe and has his nunchaku always slung over his shoulder. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length orange fur. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. Great is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Half-Plate.