Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of her god around her neck, and a hammer on her belt. She wears her black hair down. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: Merla is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: An older woman who is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, she is not a threatening figure. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She got into the Hunter business at a young age. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his pastel robe, marred by chocolates. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Chay is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Roofer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he dresses like a well dressed Soapmaker does. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He works hard and plays hard.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. 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. Millicent fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Nature, Debt. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This northern man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His clothes are grease stained in places. His black crest is knotted and matted. His fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He hates Dragonborns with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Citrine (30 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a green coat. He has done his best to style his white crest to look like a famous performer. His eyes are red.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

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 worked as a nervous Painter and found it very stressful. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears tattered old clothes. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Immeral never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This eastern woman likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has no hair. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 400 gp.