Description: This slender woman stands about 4'11". She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a tan coat. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Gifted from a young age, Meriele studied abroad. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Lazy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she typically wears violet cloth garments or leather armor. She has wavy black hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: This woman loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and many brigands want her driven away

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a brown small hat and brown clothes. He sports a flattop hair cut. This violet eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave 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. Brottor took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up longbow and armor he uses now. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Brottor was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp).

Description: This man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Junk Dealer. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. He became a Junk Dealer soon after.

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 he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a black tunic with green highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around his shoes. His crest is cut close to his head. His gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born into a rich family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Quarethon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Fighting. Bonds: Military, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Carter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing a long, violet, dusty cloak. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born into a rich family. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Roland was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a fancy red dress. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Portia grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears baggy grey pantaloons and a brown scarf. He is an epitome of beauty. He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Ruler business.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Wymar was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Wymar decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 2000 cp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has a very tight haircut. His ears are large.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. Clerebold enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and 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

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 110 gp.