Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her green robe. She is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by orcs. Melissa was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 pp. Moss agate (15 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Jet (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Sard (70 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Jade (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. The war was a terrible time for him, and Varis does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Slave. Occupation: Sage

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 12000 gp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp).

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Bulzo liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. 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: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he is content

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Guardian, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 5000 gp. Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears dull brown sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed sai, just in case. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. A freak accident while working with his Adventurer father left him crippled. 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: To share knowledge with the world; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Gold and ruby ring (7000 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1600 pp. Hematite (6 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Iolite (70 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'5" when asserting herself. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She got into the Actor business at a young age. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Actor work with an outfit from a few towns over. Actor work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Blue quartz (14 gp). Blue-white diamond (7000 gp). Amber (90 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 6'7" eastern man, he wears a brown tunic with white highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes. His long lavender fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. He struck the Detective job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 2000 pp. Black pearl (1400 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Coral (150 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.