Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull tan iron scale mail. Her hair is auburn and curly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Melissa hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Born in the south to a Baker, Melissa learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her childhood dream was to be a Scribe, but she was a colossal failure. She tends to her Baker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Expand her business; and revenge

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 pp. Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Malachite (16 gp).

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Kipper fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 200 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp).

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly scimitars and greatswords. Her bronze crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Map Maker business.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 800 gp. Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Jet (110 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has red crest. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Mreksh 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 Mreksh. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 300 gp.