Description: 5'3" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a lance, but if one is not available she will default to her morningstar. Her golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. After months of barely getting by, Mella managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'1". He wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a scythe on his belt. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 500 gp. Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Black opal (1100 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'9" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears long strands of aquamarine and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. 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'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 160 gp. Jasper (60 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing pastel cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. His fur is cinnamon and curly. His eyes are likewise yellow.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Opinionated, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 600 gp. White pearl (70 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp).

Description: He wears tattered old clothes, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'0" when asserting himself. His black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family 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 used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 gp. Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Sard (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: This woman wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a scythe, but if one is not available she will default to her ceremonial dagger, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has no crest. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gold eyes.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Sporting a black mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He found a children's book about a Halfling Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 800 gp.