Description: A 5'6" southern woman, she prefers to wear flannel. Her hair is brown and curly. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Melissa was born on a far southern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Mortician. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To end her boredom.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 2000 gp. Amber (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 3'2" and muscular, this southern woman dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her golden hair is still thick. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Tawna was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. Some 4 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Tawna never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Enemies, Job, In love. Occupation: Bookbinder

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

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a brown tunic with pastel highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her black hair is lengthy. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Bounty Hunter. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'2" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A freak accident while working with her Marshal father left her crippled. Being a Merchant kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 pp. Banded agate (15 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Jet (130 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Peridot (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.