Description: She is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. She wears baggy red pantaloons and a pastel scarf. She has a hunchback. Her hair is short and white. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She hates goblins. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Merla was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Revenge; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She wears her red hair up. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Kasdeya grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Shoemaker kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'4" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His black fur, when down, is lengthy. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a Body Guard first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Architect; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Religious, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 500 sp. Brown-green garnet (130 gp).

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a brown and tan robe with the hood down, and she perpetually has her whip ready. She sports auburn long hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. Therlin enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Therlin 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 became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Orc culture. 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: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Naal was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Spice Merchant. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Naal fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her pastel robe. Her golden hair is singed and shortened. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. The war was a terrible time for her, and Ovak does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

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 light armors faded through time and improper care. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Born to a Tanner, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Through the years after Naal was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Naal's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Poor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He likes to wear tan tank tops with blue pants. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Bowyer born in the past three hundred years. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a greatsword, but if one is not available he will default to his longbow. His golden hair is cut short. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 900 sp.