Description: She is wearing a long, violet, dusty cloak, and she perpetually has her flail ready. Her auburn hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: Melissa speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a white tunic with black highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has moderate length brown hair. This violet eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She 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. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears a white armored body suit, with a simple yellow line shooting up and back down. She has chestnut hair. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Nogu was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has white hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He likes to wear red tank tops with grey pants. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Osco was born with his father's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Orc in existence. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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 has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: 5'11" and muscular, this western woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her hair is black and very short. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. 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: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 70 pp. Moonstone (40 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her cinnamon fur is singed and shortened. Her yellow eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: To be a Sculptor again.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 sp.