Description: She wears professional attire. She wears her auburn hair up. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Melissa grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Melissa. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 600 sp. Silver pearl (50 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 4'2". She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt, and her gloved hand is found clutching a mace. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She found a children's book about a Dwarf Cleric who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears long strands of amethyst and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She has styled her cinnamon fur well, parting it to the left. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Left-Handed was born with her father's beautiful face. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Left-Handed grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Left-Handed. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her blue robe. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Jarana hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Jarana lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the west were limited. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Forgetful. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 400 sp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp).