Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Fletcher. She is an epitome of beauty. Her white hair is heavily combed to the left. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. 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: Merla was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature spear.

Motivation: She's in love; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, blue shirt, and brown tie and is in decent physical shape. His auburn hair is long and unkept. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. When Alvyn reached his early adolescence his Gnome mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 4000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has moderate length silver hair. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Painter but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Alvyn hails from a village terrorized by brigands. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dwarven companion (his 'brother'). He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has a long brown ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. 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: Ella was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She has a hunchback. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She 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. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'9" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. 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 has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To protect her home; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a brown vest and prefers black and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair is short and white. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 160 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body and is in decent physical shape. His gold crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Vrondiss speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His druidic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

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

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Nogu hails from a village terrorized by brigands. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Nogu alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Nogu was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge.

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 500 sp.