Description: A 6'1" northern woman, she wears a brown shirt with thin pastel vertical stripes and grey pants. She has slicked back white hair. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker brown hat.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born in the north. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Humans in Melissa's homeland. Melissa decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She became a Sailor soon after.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His silver hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears a white tunic with violet highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born in a small desert village. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 800 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 a blue vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His yellow leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his blue boots flare out at the collars. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 70 gp. Coral (70 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a yellow shirt with thin white vertical stripes and blue pants and is in decent physical shape. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is an amazing painter.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She struck the Bookbinder job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 500 gp. Onyx (30 gp). Sard (30 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has golden hair. She has blue eyes.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Giselle grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her parents enrolled her in a Wizard school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She came across an abandoned tomb where she found a relic that called out to her. After picking it up she was cursed by vampirism.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Nákra was born on a far southern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Banker. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Expand his business; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Family, Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Spy. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Miller; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 14000 cp. Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes, and she perpetually has her halberd ready. Her white fur is thinning but still full. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 3200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.