Description: She wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly bows and kukris. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Melissa grew up listening to her father's many stories. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and tends to wear a large violet jacket. He wears his chestnut hair up. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Varis was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Tailor they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Carter, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To unite with his brother.

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Family, Religious. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 pp. Tourmaline (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a white cloak and cross-gartered green stockings, and she perpetually has her bow ready. Sporting a blonde mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She is mildly Half-Orc supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born into a rich family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. After a long history of fighting, Gynk and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she wears suspenders and brown workpants. Her shirt is black, and she wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Urshar was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. 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 used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her tied-back hair is blonde. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Finellen is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the east were limited. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She stands about 5'5" and wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. 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 got money to start a business from the gang present in town. She is greatly indebted to them.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a green top hat and green clothes. He wears his brown hair down. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are white.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Ploughman business.

History: He got into the Ploughman business at a young age. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 3000 cp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Coral (60 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Glassblower arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 Glassblower. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he usually wears his white robe and has his falchion always slung over his shoulder. His head has been shaved. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Fortune-teller born in the past three hundred years. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. His childhood dream was to be a Painter, but he was a colossal failure. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To be a Painter again; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 400 gp.