Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair is short and red. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Gifted from a young age, Melissa studied abroad. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (130 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (30 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Silver ewer (30 gp).

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. Her white fur has been sun bleached extensively. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes goblins are coming to abduct people. 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: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She worked as a nervous Ploughman and found it very stressful. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Job, In love. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 7000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (90 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (7000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Sellsword. Her white hair is knotted and matted. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was born in the east. Her childhood dream was to be a Miner, but she was a colossal failure. She became a Sellsword soon after.

Motivation: Elven compassion; and balancing her hectic life and new sellsword responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 3000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a worn and beaten armor. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His ears are large.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Ratlûg has worked very hard to control his curse. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1600 pp. Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp).

Description: This woman wears skinny pants and wears a black and white robe with the hood down. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her right hand. Her red crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 5000 gp. Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Jet (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a white coat with red slacks, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is brown and curly. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born in a small desert village. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tight fitting red shirt and pants. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He keeps his blonde hair in a pixie cut. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Bonds: Military, Family, Slave. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 10000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Clear bright green emerald (6000 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Coral (120 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Jet (120 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.