Description: This dark-skinned female is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and white handkerchief worn on her right side. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Melissa grew up listening to her mother's many stories. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. During her travels, Melissa and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Melissa discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Melissa fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 400 gp. Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man is typically in his Cook uniform, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He worked as a nervous Cook and found it very stressful. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job, In love, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 3000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Herbalist does. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her red hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 18000 cp.

Description: This woman wears a fancy tan dress. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has shaved her head bald. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Faral isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born in the south to a Locksmith, Faral learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Locksmith for hire.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Performer. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane, Greedy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 20 pp. Citrine (80 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman prefers to wear pastel clothing when she does not wear armor. Her beige fur is matted, messy, and big. Her yellow eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 270 gp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (40 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (70 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her auburn hair is well kept. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Maynild was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 Healer. 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: To be a Slave Trader again; and money/treasure

Flaws: Terse, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 10000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a bastard sword on his belt. He has no hair. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 4000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (5000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a fancy brown suit. His fur is cut close to his head. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his yellow eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Tiefling culture. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.