Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a fancy red dress. She wears her auburn hair down. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is an amazing painter.

History: Merla was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on her right hand. She wears her black hair down. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Military, Slave. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. He carries a battered scimitar and tarnished shield as well. He has white hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 200 sp. Blue quartz (13 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her red hair is singed and shortened. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

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

History: She comes from a rich western family. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Glassblower. His head has been shaved. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Glassblower business.

History: He got into the Glassblower business at a young age. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Glassblower. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'0" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the north were limited. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Purson was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He carries a battered mace and tarnished flail as well. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This man wears a simple white robe with green stripes complete with hood. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his right hand. His hair is short and silver. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Weaver business.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She prefers to wear brown clothing when she does not wear armor. She has done her best to style her cinnamon fur to look like a famous performer. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Tailor arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.