Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has brown eyes and a violet hat with a brown feather.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Melissa embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. 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. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings, and he perpetually has his monstrous two handed axe ready. His long black crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: The child of a Farmer, who enjoyed hunting, Tarhun was taken on many hunting expeditions. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with grey slacks. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He got into the Shipwright business at a young age. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and expand his business

Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 300 sp. Banded agate (11 gp).

Description: He is typically in his Marshal uniform. He carries with him a set of quarterstaffs, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He is a Marshal first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Uthemar hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He worked as a nervous Marshal and found it very stressful. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 110 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).