Description: A 5'8" eastern woman, she wears long strands of amber and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around her ears. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is a great chef.

History: Melissa was raised in a hard working conservative environment. After coming to the age of reason, Melissa took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is dressed in an above average manner. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of goblins once and for all.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by goblins. Farideh was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: This light-skinned female prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around her ears. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. While she appears to be a normal Half-Orc, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Guardian, Military, Nature. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 600 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her brown hair is lengthy. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a yellow tunic with grey highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around his shoes. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 20000 cp. Jade (100 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and blue handkerchief worn on her left side. Her golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: Hlin lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and doesn't want to be a bounty hunter and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Family, Slave, Military. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 270 gp.