Description: This tall, slender woman wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Meriele wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears skinny pants and wears a brown and pastel robe with the hood down. Her beige fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Barrister. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 40 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Alex was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. 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. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Butcher.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and to be a slave trader again

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a bastard sword on his belt. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His fur is short and white. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Beast fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 20 gp. White pearl (110 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has violet eyes.

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 always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She got into the Mayor business at a young age. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat, marred by chocolates. He keeps his silver hair in a flapper bob. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He wears dark leathers with embroidery, marred by chocolates. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He is a Deep Scion in disguise. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 300 gp. Eye agate (4 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears bulky brown painted plate armor and is in decent physical shape. His brown fur, when down, is lengthy. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Shadow hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

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. After coming to the age of reason, Shadow took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 150 gp. Hematite (13 gp). 1 Banded mail.