Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She is physically well-built. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Melissa grew up listening to her mother's many stories. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Melissa alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature scimitar.

Motivation: Revenge; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a green cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. His bronze crest has been sun bleached extensively. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He uses divination through singing.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: 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: Passionate, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: An older woman who wears suspenders and tan workpants. Her shirt is violet, and she wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time, she is not a threatening figure. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Herbalist.

Motivation: She's in love; and balancing her hectic life and new herbalist responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Disciplined, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'2". He wears a green coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. His crest, while still mostly blue, has prominent grey streaks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Jeweler and was forced into it by his family; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Gifted, Joker. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, she is not a threatening figure. Her bronze crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her skin is flawless and her red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. The war was a terrible time for her, and Jezean does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Shoemaker work with an outfit from a few towns over. Shoemaker work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing her hectic life and new shoemaker responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 50 pp. Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She wears her purple hair down. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady silver eyes.

Personality: She is a Cartwright first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Shava was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, In love, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1000 sp. Jet (130 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Eye agate (9 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shava fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 3200 sp.