Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. With wild white hair. She has brown eyes and a brown hat with a blue feather.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. After a long history of fighting, Melissa and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her brown hair is wavy and long. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Aline was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is blonde and curly. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Debt. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1000 sp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a blue coat. She has no hair. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mella fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insane. Occupation: Barber

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.