Description: This younger middle-aged woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She has no hair. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her small grey hat.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Born in the south to a Hunter, Melissa learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: In love, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Hematite (16 gp).

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She prefers to wear brown clothing when she does not wear armor. Her beige fur is braided into rings. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. The war was a terrible time for her, and Seven does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of drow

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 3'0". He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat, and his gloved hand is found clutching a longbow. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. 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 got into the Spy business at a young age. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Spy work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spy work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 240 pp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her beige fur is singed and shortened. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. 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 has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 41000 sp. Fire opal (1000 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He tends to wear a large grey jacket. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his feathered grey hat.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Tim lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and doesn't want to be a sage and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with white slacks, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'9" when asserting himself. He sports a flattop hair cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 7000 sp. Alexandrite (300 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp).

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 wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Delg will drive conversation. 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: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Banker. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Poor, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He carries a battered crossbow and tarnished longbow as well. His white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. His eyes are white and catlike.

Personality: Akmen hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Akmen 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 he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 500 sp. Brown-green garnet (50 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears tattered old clothes. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. Warryn is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and regain custody of his daughter

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 110 gp.