Description: She stands about 4'11" and prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Melissa embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Born in the east to a Farmer, Melissa learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Farmer. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with grey slacks. He is physically well-built. His hair is golden and very short. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He came across an abandoned tomb where he found a relic that called out to him. After picking it up he was cursed by a spirit.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Logical, Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 20000 sp. Banded agate (10 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 5. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. A friendly and beautiful Half-Orc, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Born to a Spy, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 14000 cp.

Description: This woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her skin is flawless and her green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

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

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Layabout. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new layabout responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 110 gp. Coral (160 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.