Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she prefers to wear grey clothing when she does not wear armor. She has shaved her head bald. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Melissa took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up axe and armor she uses now. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: 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; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears a grey vest and prefers tan and grey shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Mayor arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Mardred never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull black iron scale mail. He has dyed his greying dark red hair a little too much giving a sharp dark red color. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Sellsword arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants revenge against drow; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears baggy blue pantaloons and a grey scarf. His golden hair is knotted and matted. He is baby faced.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school to support his sick father, and resented it. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 100 pp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 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 (50 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. A gifted student she started as a Dyer, but she got bored and became a Engraver. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Jade (130 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull brown iron scale mail. His purple hair is braided into rings. He has a dull look in his black eyes.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Morthos was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Guard. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Guard and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a fancy brown suit. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is short and blonde. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. In his 15th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature, Guardian. Occupation: Courier

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 23000 sp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. She has dyed her greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Barkeep. He has a very tight haircut. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born to a Architect, his mother struggled to pay the bills. 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. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.