Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has a very tight haircut. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Merla embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Merla was born the youngest of three triplets. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Merla and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1 Superior lock.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Interpreter arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Interpreter and was forced into it by her family; and she is greedy

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Server. She became a Server soon after.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Slave, Poor, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 330 gp. Zircon (80 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Red spinel (150 gp).

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has styled her black hair well, parting it to the left. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she is greedy

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 500 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His brown fur is braided into rings. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Art's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dwarven companion (his 'brother'). He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears bulky tan painted plate armor. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Paelias isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 4000 cp. Chrysoberyl (120 gp).

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, and she perpetually has her monstrous two handed axe ready. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born in the west to a Mayor, Drifting learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Mayor. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Mayor.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to be a roofer again

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Average lock.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length brown hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Jeweler work with an outfit from a few towns over. Jeweler work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She struck the Jeweler job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new jeweler responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his right hand. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He wants revenge against drow; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 3000 cp.