Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her black hair is knotted and matted. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She has all her life been fascinated with singing.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Meriele grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Shepherd work with an outfit from a few towns over. Shepherd work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 6000 cp. Chrysoprase (80 gp).

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is cut close to his head. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is a Ploughman first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of drow once and for all.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. His childhood dream was to be a Bounty Hunter, but he was a colossal failure. He struck the Ploughman job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Bounty Hunter again; and to protect his home

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Nature, Guardian. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Iolite (80 gp).

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She carries with her a set of maces, each one with a amber on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Reeza is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Reeza was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. 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. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her white robe. She is portly but not overly obese. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Malquis was born on a far southern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Map Maker. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she likes to wear red tank tops with blue skirt. Her hair is short and red. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Shaena lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 7 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Shaena never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Family, In love. Occupation: Hunter

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

Possessions: 10 pp. Deep green spinel (110 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. His brown fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Cook and was forced into it by his family; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears just a red suit. His hair is auburn and curly. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sai.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He keeps his rusty crest in a pixie cut. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is mildly Dragonborn supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Half-Elven compassion; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. Her black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 sp. Coral (160 gp).