Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and blue handkerchief worn on her right side. She carries a battered greatsword and tarnished scythe as well. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Melissa was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Melissa decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears a pastel shirt, with a violet mid length skirt with violet tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She wears a colorful flower in her orange fur. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 29000 cp.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has wavy silver hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing writing.

History: She got into the Stableman business at a young age. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and expand her business

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is typically in her Banker uniform. Her blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Althaea was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. A freak accident while working with her Performer father left her crippled. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and expand her business

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy green crest. He sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He has a hunchback. His green crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the east. Mehen was born on a far eastern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Dilettante. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Mundane, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp.