Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has green eyes.

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. Meriele is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Meriele grew up listening to her father's many stories. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Poor, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He prefers to wear flannel. He has wavy auburn hair. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Map Maker profession.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His childhood dream was to be a Map Maker, but he was a colossal failure. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a green shirt with thin pastel vertical stripes and white pants. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her fierce silver eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Kallista was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner. She is portly but not overly obese. Her hair is auburn and curly. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Werydd embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Werydd was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a tan costume with the symbols of magic on her torso. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Mardnab hails from a village terrorized by brigands. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Orc activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Orc doctor. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Miller. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and half-orc compassion

Ideals: Optimist, Impeccable. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nora 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, Passionate, Extrovert. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is wearing a long, black cloak. His crest, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. He has red eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He stands about 3'3" and wears a worn and beaten armor. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He keeps his auburn hair in a flapper bob. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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. After a long history of fighting, Dimble and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 700 sp. 3 Holy water.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has brown hair. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A freak accident while working with her Merchant mother left her crippled. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Just what you see.