Description: She wears a yellow shirt with thin black vertical stripes and green pants. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born in the north to a Dilettante, Melissa learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She keeps her chestnut hair in a pixie cut. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered north to less war torn lands. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull brown iron scale mail. His blue hair is heavily combed to the left. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 100 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp).

Description: 5'11" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a violet suit, pastel shirt, and black tie. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He got into the Carpenter business at a young age. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Carpenter for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His white hair is knotted and matted. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Reynard was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion.

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Holy water.