Description: She tends to wear a grey poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She carries with her a set of kukris, each one with a opal on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has a long red ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Melissa speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: Melissa was born with her mother's beautiful face. Her first spouse was a Slave Trader, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Melissa fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 sp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (90 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Abalaba hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. 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. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 20 pp. Red-brown spinel (160 gp).

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and wears a tight fitting violet shirt and pants. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. With bright black hair. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Tiaathque hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Tiaathque 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 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man wears a white shirt with thin green vertical stripes and blue pants. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears his brown hair up. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Cartwright arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he is greedy

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Half-Plate.