Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her white hair is still thick. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Melissa was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Herbalist for hire.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 60 gp. Coral (70 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His black hair is knotted and matted. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. During his travels, Frederick and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Frederick discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Frederick fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 150 gp. Blue quartz (12 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a white coat with black slacks. She is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around her ears. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Rohesia was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 gp. Banded agate (8 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 2'10". She wears a red tunic with blue highlights, and long yellow pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Trym was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Courier for hire.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: A 4'10" northern woman, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 west. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Assassin they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Merchant, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Passionate, Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 4000 gp. Golden pearl (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing a long, tan cloak. She sports brown long hair. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Ridaro hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Architect. She has achieved small success as a Architect.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Mercenary. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many drow want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Logical, Artistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. With bright white hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Menny was born on a far eastern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Crown-heir. Being a Crown-heir kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

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

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 30000 sp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she is typically in her Mayor uniform. Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Anbera grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 70 pp. Deep green spinel (120 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.