Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears dull white sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed sickle, just in case. She is an epitome of beauty. She has styled her auburn hair well, parting it to the left. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Merla enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. 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. After a long history of fighting, Merla and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 130 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a violet vest and prefers green and tan shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 5'4". He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and his gloved hand is found clutching a shortbow. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Half-Elf, 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 has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a blue coat. She carries with her a set of pickaxes on her belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Ranala hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and prefers to wear flannel. Her golden hair is wavy and long. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Willow was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Sensitive, Insane. Bonds: In love, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She stands about 5'5" and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her small yellow hat.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. The war was a terrible time for her, and Antinua does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born in a small plains village. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Antinua was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She bought a kukri and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He dresses like a well dressed Spice Merchant does. He has chestnut hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Spice Merchant but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His first spouse was a Seamstress, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: Standing 5'5", this woman wears long strands of amethyst and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. 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: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy rusty crest. She wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She has a hunchback. She has done her best to style her rusty crest to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. The war was a terrible time for her, and Surina does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Surina was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 3000 cp. Rock crystal (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.