Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is wearing a long, black cloak. He has dyed his greying purple hair a little too much giving a sharp purple color. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Merihim took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up ceremonial dagger and armor he uses now. 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 nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Religious, Military, Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 230 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a simple blue robe with brown stripes complete with hood. Her auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Architect responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is renowned for his bright blue suits and hats. His hair is cut close to his head. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. 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: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Through the years after Varis was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Varis's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Varis and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Emotional, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She dresses like a well dressed Shepherd does. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. 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. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new shepherd responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Azurite (12 gp). Coral (150 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Dragonborn, and stands approximately 6'4". He wears bulky black painted plate armor, and his gloved hand is found clutching a morningstar. His black crest is lengthy. He has red eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Mason. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. Her green crest is heavily combed to the right. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. 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. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 140 gp.

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. Her silver crest is lengthy. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

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. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a fancy blue dress. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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 a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She got into the Doctor business at a young age. A gifted student she started as a Interpreter, but she got bored and became a Doctor. She has achieved small success as a Doctor.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with red colored cloaks and clothing. He sports a flattop hair cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Bowyer for hire.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 350 gp.