Description: An older woman who has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her grey robe, she is not a threatening figure. Her red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Merla's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She's also a talented Doctor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has black hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a red coat with yellow slacks. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her violet robe. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her auburn hair is wavy and long. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. 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: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Shamil took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up scythe and armor she uses now. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Beggar for hire.

Motivation: Revenge.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 22000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned female wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

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 invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. A freak accident while working with her Tailor mother left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a black vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her red leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her black boots flare out at the collars, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'10" when asserting herself. Her purple hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are white and beady.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Born in the south to a Seamstress, Makaria learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Seamstress. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Seamstress responsibilities is difficult; and expand her business

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She is physically well-built. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Finellen has worked very hard to control her curse. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Spy again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a blue vest and prefers brown and blue shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, and a wedding ring on her left hand. With wild white hair. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is mildly Elf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Thiala is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Thiala grew up listening to her mother's many stories. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shield.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars, and he perpetually has his club ready. He has brown hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Orc in existence. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.