Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Melissa will drive conversation. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Extrovert, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: A 6'2" western man, he wears a black costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. He sports a flattop hair cut. His silver eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; 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

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 sp. Blue quartz (14 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 6'4" and wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Servant responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 3000 cp. Rock crystal (80 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 120 gp. Amber (160 gp).