Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a simple brown robe with white stripes complete with hood. Her golden hair is smooth and relatively long. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her top brown hat.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Blacksmith arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Melissa fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: She wears a green collared shirt and tan skirt. She accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears her bronze crest down. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 360 gp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: She stands about 3'1" and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She got into the Assassin business at a young age. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 90000 cp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she typically wears red cloth garments or leather armor. Her white hair is singed and shortened. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His long golden hair reaches down to his waist. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: The child of a Body Guard, who enjoyed hunting, Shane was taken on many hunting expeditions. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 100 sp.