Description: 3'1" and muscular, this northern woman wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Merla was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. 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. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Through the years after Nagrette was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Nagrette's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and carries kukris. She has no crest. Her gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Mayor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. After a long history of fighting, Surina and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Tourmaline (90 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears just a grey suit, and is pretty ugly. Her black hair is still thick. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sculptor.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His crest is cut close to his head. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Military, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1900 sp. Moss agate (16 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a brown shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and yellow pants. His cinnamon fur is braided into rings. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: She wears a simple black robe with brown stripes complete with hood. She keeps her black hair in a flapper bob. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

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. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She found a children's book about a Half-Orc Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Poor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She wears a green vest and prefers black and grey shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She keeps her green crest in a pixie cut. She is baby faced.

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. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing painting.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Hethress was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Hethress liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.