Description: She has a missing right leg. She usually wears her yellow robe and has her club always slung over her shoulder. With wild chestnut hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. When Melissa reached her early adolescence her Half-Elf 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. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Poor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 3000 gp. Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner. She carries with her a set of bows on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. She has amber eyes and a brown hat with a green feather.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Juliana fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 2000 gp. Amethyst (100 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Jet (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt and is in decent physical shape. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Courier and was forced into it by his family; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man wears a fancy tan suit. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Riardon was born with his mother's beautiful face. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect his home

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He wears his beige fur up. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Weaver. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Weaver.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Amethyst (100 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Sard (30 gp). Emerald (1000 gp).

Description: This western woman wears a black costume with the symbols of luck on her torso. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her silver hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Born to a Slave Trader, her father struggled to pay the bills. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the west were limited. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and doesn't want to be a bather and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Rock crystal (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears long strands of ruby and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. Her skin is flawless and her gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Revenge; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 5000 gp. Aquamarine (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp).