Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: Mella speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 mother 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. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp. Alexandrite (800 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His chestnut hair is cut short. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. A gifted student he started as a Laborer, but he got bored and became a Marshal. He has worked as a Marshal like his father before him.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 pp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'8" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears long strands of emerald and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her crest is silver and curly. Her eyes are red.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 200 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a scythe on his belt. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. 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 has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Sage. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 700 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His crest is cut close to his head. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Bharash was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Bharash has worked very hard to control his curse. After a long history of fighting, Bharash and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Server responsibilities is difficult; and expand his business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 250 pp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (70 gp).

Description: She wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. She carries with her a set of quarterstaffs on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She wears her green crest up. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Synthrin is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Synthrin was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Synthrin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Justice. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 190 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a fancy brown suit. His hair is short and auburn. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born in the south. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Being a Sculptor kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1900 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She likes to wear white tank tops with brown skirt. Her red hair is heavily combed to the right. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 7000 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: She wears a blue feathered hat and blue clothes. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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 font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Through the years after Lia was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Lia's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp. Chalcedony (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.