Description: She wears professional attire. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her broad violet hat.

Personality: Mella speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. Mella is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the north were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and doesn't want to be a miller and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears long strands of opal and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her black hair is braided into rings. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born in a small forest village. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This man prefers to wear violet clothing when he does not wear armor, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born in the west. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Slave, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 gp. Carnelian (80 gp). Jet (50 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears baggy violet pantaloons and a black scarf. His hair is cut close to his head. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Taklinn was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dwarven conditions. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Racist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 110 gp.