Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has white hair. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Melissa lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 3000 cp. Red spinel (100 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a tan vest and prefers black and tan shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her white hair is long and unkept. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed tan hat.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Born in the west to a Weaver, Malquis learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her first spouse was a Crown-heir, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Professionalism, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 gp. Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She tends to wear a grey poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her hair is silver and curly. She wears large thick round spectacles.

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. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing writing.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Mercenary arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has silver hair. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is a great chef.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 4'10" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. A friendly and beautiful Elf, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. A gifted student she started as a Armorer, but she got bored and became a Sailor. She struck the Sailor job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 40 pp. Coral (120 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.