Description: 5'3" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Meriele embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. 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: To get a good night's sleep; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Chaedi was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Mortician for the past few years.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment and is in decent physical shape. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted, Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He stands about 6'5" and wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His golden hair is knotted and matted. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Baker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Chalcedony (50 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He got into the Fortune-teller business at a young age. He worked as a nervous Fortune-teller and found it very stressful. He tends to his Fortune-teller job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Guard hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 110 pp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a ceremonial dagger on her belt. Her black hair is thinning but still full. Her black eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Pyra grew up listening to her father's many stories. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has styled his gray fur well, parting it to the left. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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 has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Priest.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 400 gp.