Description: She is a husky woman, who tends to wear a violet poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has shaved her head bald. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Melissa speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born into a rich family. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull white iron scale mail, marred by teas. His brown hair is long and unkept. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect his home

Ideals: Philantrophist, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is renowned for her bright green dresses and hats. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Bune was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She has dedicated herself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: This man very much looks the part of a Butcher. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his right hand. His gold crest is heavily combed to the right. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Rathkran was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gifted student he started as a Farmer, but he got bored and became a Butcher. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Bonds: Job, Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 90 pp. Peridot (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her crest is brass and curly. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is wearing a tight yellow one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Map Maker arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.