Description: This woman is very fat, and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her tied-back hair is black. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Melissa was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Melissa grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Melissa. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Bhevek lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Sailor for the past few years.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Everburning torch. 1 Everburning torch. 2 Thunderstones. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is light but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He very much looks the part of a Unemployed. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He is a Unemployed first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Unemployed. During his travels, Cockaby and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Cockaby discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Cockaby fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 600 gp. 4 Thunderstones.

Description: This late middle aged woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze and is in decent physical shape. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Hillanot lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hillanot fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Can't modulate volume

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

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a brown costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: The child of a Scribe, who enjoyed hunting, Chad was taken on many hunting expeditions. His childhood dream was to be a Scribe, but he was a colossal failure. He became a Barber soon after.

Motivation: Revenge; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. Sporting a silver mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 800 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman, and he perpetually has his glaive ready. His hair is white and curly. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (15 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 5'4". He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and his gloved hand is found clutching a longsword. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 5000 gp. Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on his left hand. He has shaved his head bald. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. 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 northern family. Adam was born on a far northern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Courier. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp).