Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She is portly but not overly obese. She has slicked back brown hair. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Born in the east to a Priest, Mella learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. After a long history of fighting, Mella and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Coral (140 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: 3'4" and muscular, this southern man wears a white tunic with grey highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around his shoes. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp).

Description: She has a missing left arm. She tends to wear a pastel poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her fur is orange and curly. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she has a crush on the local stableman

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears bulky blue painted plate armor. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is blonde and curly. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

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. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Attractive. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1300 sp. Obsidian (16 gp).