Description: 5'4" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a violet vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her violet boots flare out at the collars. She wears her white hair up. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. At some point she was captured by brigands and was tortured. After several years of this she finally managed to escape. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Melissa was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her black hair is unkempt and raggedy. She has gray eyes and a violet hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: The child of a Baker, who enjoyed hunting, Birel was taken on many hunting expeditions. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Debt. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears a red top hat and red clothes. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Ghaliver is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Ghaliver hails from a village terrorized by goblins. Ghaliver was born on a far southern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Tanner. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a yellow suit, blue shirt, and green tie. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are brown.

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-Elf in existence. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born in a small plains village. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). He bought a warhammer and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Family, Nature, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 110 gp. Coral (60 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. A freak accident while working with his Scribe mother left him crippled. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 800 sp. Zircon (30 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is dressed in a clean white cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her black hair is heavily combed to the left. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes drow are coming to abduct people. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow.

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His beige fur is knotted and matted. His eyes are yellow and beady.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Emerald was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 160 gp. Jade (60 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Sporting a black mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered north to less war torn lands. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic, PTSD, Insane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp. 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears skinny pants and wears a pastel and brown robe with the hood down. His fur is cut close to his head. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. 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: The child of a Animal Trainer, who enjoyed hunting, Lone was taken on many hunting expeditions. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Being a Painter kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.