Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'7" and has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her tan robe. Her golden hair is braided into rings. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. Melissa is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Religious. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a grey coat. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He sports a flattop fur cut. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born into a rich family. Edge was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. She wears baggy tan pantaloons and a black scarf. She has a hunchback. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 90 gp.