Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She sports red long hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born in the east to a Fisher, Merla learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. After a long history of fighting, Merla and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She carries with her a set of greatswords on her belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Born in the east to a Painter, Elama learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A gifted student she started as a Dyer, but she got bored and became a Painter. She tends to her Painter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and balancing her hectic life and new painter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job, Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her white hair is lengthy. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Tailor. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 140 gp. 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'8" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: Wobbles speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This northern man wears a yellow armored body suit, with a simple blue line shooting up and back down. His clothes are grease stained in places. His tied-back hair is auburn. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the north. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Shipwright hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This malnourished woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has slicked back blonde hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

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

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To be a Dilettante again.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Military, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She wears a black costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. She carries with her a set of halberds, each one with a emerald on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Sporting a silver mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her ears are large.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 3100 sp. Golden yellow topaz (900 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears dull brown sweaters, loose red pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed falchion, just in case. He has wavy white fur. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born in the north to a Bookbinder, Shifting learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Elven doctor. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bookbinder.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bookbinder responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Addict, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Sailor. His auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is an amazing painter.

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 divine talents. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 500 sp. A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp).