Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She is dressed in an above average manner. Her brown hair is well kept. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Melissa is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1900 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His hair is cut close to his head. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He is a Succubi in disguise. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she has the majority of her body covered in plate, and is pretty ugly. Her red crest is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Perra hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. Perra enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Hedonist. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 4000 sp. Malachite (11 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her hammer with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She keeps her purple hair in a pixie cut. Her silver eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Makaria was born on a far northern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Mortician. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Mortician for the past few years.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Slave, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black pearl (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man likes to wear black tank tops with grey pants, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He wears his copper crest up. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. Some 7 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Shamash never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.