Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Elves. Her skin is light but she possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. She wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Spice Merchant. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. Mella was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Mella decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record, In love. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears long strands of opal and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her feathered blue hat.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, In love, Family, Religious. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 400 gp. Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a fancy grey dress. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Mortician hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'11". She tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her beige fur is matted, messy, and big. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 280 pp. Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Slave, Debt. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her brown hair is well kept. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. Nikki enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. Nikki abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and balancing her hectic life and new cook responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears tattered old clothes. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born in a small island village. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Nature, Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1000 cp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She carries a battered pickaxe and tarnished bastard sword as well. Her black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Traulam was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she is renowned for her bright blue dresses and hats. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Theirastra grew up listening to her father's many stories. She dropped out of school to support her sick father, and resented it. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Amethyst (160 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp).