Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is dressed in an above average manner. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Mella hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Born in the south to a Herbalist, Mella learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Herbalist. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Herbalist responsibilities is difficult; and she's in love

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 8000 gp. Blue quartz (16 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). White pearl (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has a hunchback. Her hair is golden and very short. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the island to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the island due to the painful memories there. Adelaide took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up scythe and armor she uses now. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature scythe.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 10000 gp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Zircon (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'1". He is typically in his Mercenary uniform. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He worked as a nervous Mercenary and found it very stressful. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 8000 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has dyed his greying copper crest a little too much giving a sharp copper color. His skin is flawless and his red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He is a Chromatic Dragon in disguise. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people; and half-elven compassion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Greedy, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 8000 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (30 gp).

Description: She wears a black cloak and cross-gartered pastel stockings. She is portly but not overly obese. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Through the years after Tagga was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Tagga's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She bought a whip and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and to protect her home

Flaws: Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Nature. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 8000 gp. Malachite (14 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Jet (80 gp). Zircon (70 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: Shamil speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

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. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 13000 gp. Moss agate (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Jade (140 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Citrine (20 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her long cinnamon fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: River was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. River abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 pp. 1 Medium magic item.