Description: She is lean but muscular and dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. A true patriot, Meriele would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born in the north to a Ruler, Meriele learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Ruler.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length copper crest. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. He prefers to wear red clothing when he does not wear armor. He has a hunchback. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. This brown eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Opinionated, Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). 1 Superior lock. 1 Good lock. 1 Average lock.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 6'2". He has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his yellow robe, and his gloved hand is found clutching a sai. His black hair is knotted and matted. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Mortician born in the past three hundred years. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born in the south to a Mortician, Trey learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He became a Mortician soon after.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 100 gp. Eye agate (8 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length bronze crest. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Tanner. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born in the east. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He became a Tanner soon after.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Bloodstone (20 gp).

Description: A 6'1" southern man, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His beige fur, when down, is lengthy. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born into a rich family. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and money/treasure

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: In love, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp).

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. She is baby faced.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Born in the east to a Priest, Valanthe learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her childhood dream was to be a Mercenary, but she was a colossal failure. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Has a crush, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her club, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. Her hair is black and curly. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 sp. Jade (80 gp).