Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Merla speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature longsword.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 400 gp. White pearl (130 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has slicked back black hair. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Family, In love. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple violet line shooting up and back down. She has no hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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 cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. After coming to the age of reason, Syllin took it upon herself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears black trousers with grey and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She has moderate length rusty crest. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She got into the Mayor business at a young age. Her childhood dream was to be a Slave Trader, but she was a colossal failure. She tends to her Mayor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His black hair is braided into rings. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Optimist, Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Zook hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Zook alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and to be a tailor again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 290 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His red hair is long and unkept. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Damien 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. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature quarterstaff.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 140 pp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: 4'10" and muscular, this eastern woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are likewise white.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Jezebeth has worked very hard to control her curse. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: She is lean but muscular and has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born to a Barber, her father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Bricklayer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 800 sp.