Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears skinny pants and wears a brown and violet robe with the hood down. She wears her white hair down. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. The war was a terrible time for her, and Melissa does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When Melissa reached her early adolescence her Human father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to end her boredom

Flaws: Insane, Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Deep green spinel (80 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a tan shirt with thin white vertical stripes and black pants, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Spice Merchant. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His childhood dream was to be a Jeweler, but he was a colossal failure. He struck the Spice Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1200 pp. Violet garnet (200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp).

Description: This man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Sporting a chestnut mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his small red hat.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. A friendly and beautiful Halfling, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Debt. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 7000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 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 (80 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a mace on her belt. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She was born in the west. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the west were limited. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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 has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 5000 gp. Emerald (1500 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp).

Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears a fancy green suit. His rusty crest is braided into rings. He has gold eyes and a green hat with a grey feather.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born to a Engraver, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 5000 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (30 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male wears skinny pants and wears a brown and grey robe with the hood down. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His auburn hair is still thick. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

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 to pay off his debts

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Debt. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her silver hair is still thick. Her gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Shax was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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 remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 500 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (70 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (70 gp). 1 Major magic item.