Description: This woman stands a little under 2'9" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Merla was born on a far northern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Soapmaker. 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 is greedy; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1000 cp. Deep green spinel (110 gp).

Description: He wears a white cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings, and he perpetually has his ceremonial dagger ready. His red hair is thinning but still full. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: He is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 150 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 4'5" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is yellow, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Gimgen was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence, Logical. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Aust was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. 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 Carpenter. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a fancy brown suit. His golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Roofer. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she prefers to wear flannel. Her white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her first spouse was a Miner, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 80 gp. Coral (90 gp). Amber (90 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a black tunic with violet highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around her shoes. She wears her black hair up. Her ears are large.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born in a small desert village. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Orc companion (her 'brother'). She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'2" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her sai with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her brass crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

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 has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in the north to a Tailor, Sora learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She has achieved small success as a Tailor.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 300 sp.