Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. Her blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Merla grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Merla grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Merla. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Adventurer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Adventurer.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He is physically well-built. His tied-back hair is golden. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Thradal hails from a village terrorized by goblins. His first spouse was a Assassin, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull blue iron scale mail. He is physically well-built. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has hazel eyes.

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 got into the Jeweler business at a young age. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it; and wants to open a new tavern

Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She is portly but not overly obese. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length black crest. Her eyes are gold.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She uses divination through singing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Farideh studied abroad. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dragonborns in Farideh's homeland. Farideh decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and revenge

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her brown hair is long and unkept. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

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 uses divination through singing.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 6000 cp. Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a simple grey robe with green stripes complete with hood. Her auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Emmeline has worked very hard to control her curse. 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: She's looking for her big break; and she is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 5000 cp. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He wears his red hair down. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Thomas lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Thomas abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and gnomish compassion

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 19000 cp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is tan, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. His white eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Courier hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He bought a kukri and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 5000 cp.