Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Melissa was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her hair is silver and very short. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. Silaqui enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Silaqui lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Flaws: Selfish, Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 130 gp. Coral (110 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears yellow leather gloves, a yellow jacket, and tight pants. He has moderate length auburn hair. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Apothecary arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light red in addition to tight pants. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nelkin 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 Nelkin. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Moss agate (13 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her hair is short and black. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp).