Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a red shirt with thin black vertical stripes and brown pants. Her auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Merla lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her divine abilities were realized during a raid on her village. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Red spinel (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a blue coat, marred by sweets. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Passionate, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 100 gp. Sard (50 gp). 1 Average lock.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her tan robe. She is an epitome of beauty. Her silver hair is cut short. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Reeza isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his longsword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, marred by teas. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Coral (110 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His fur is brown and curly. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is a great chef.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature nunchaku.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He wears a green cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His scarlet crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

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. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Justice, Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'2". He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. He has styled his beige fur well, parting it to the right. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Shadow speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

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. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 sp. Alexandrite (300 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her black robe. She keeps her long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. She worked as a nervous Soapmaker and found it very stressful. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Soapmaker.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to be a mercenary again

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 120 gp.