Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her long brown hair reaches down to her waist. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

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 pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. When Melissa reached her early adolescence her Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: She tends to wear a pastel poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She sports a flattop fur cut. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. 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: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with brown slacks. Her silver crest is singed and shortened. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Ruler hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Poor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

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 terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born in the west. 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 became a Shepherd soon after.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Mundane, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 500 sp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Azurite (8 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are a pleasant white.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Mercenary. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. A gifted student he started as a Sailor, but he got bored and became a Mercenary. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Standing 3'3", this man wears baggy tan pantaloons and a brown scarf. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing his hectic life and new dyer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears yellow trousers with brown and white striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her tied-back hair is golden. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born into a rich family. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Maiathah took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up greataxe and armor she uses now. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 5000 cp. Chalcedony (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'8" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Sporting a red mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 9000 sp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He tends to wear a green poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His red hair is still thick. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Glassblower who has hired him part-time. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and he has a crush on the local bricklayer

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Has a crush, Slave. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1200 pp. Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.