Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a violet costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. Melissa is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: He is lean but muscular and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Butcher. He has achieved small success as a Butcher.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and expand his business

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 2700 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and he perpetually has his ceremonial dagger ready. His hair is golden and curly. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He got into the Barber business at a young age. His childhood dream was to be a Barrister, but he was a colossal failure. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Cynical, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She carries with her a set of pickaxes on her belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. She has moderate length lavender fur. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born into a rich family. 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 leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Whurbin is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Whurbin was born the youngest of three triplets. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Being a Glassblower 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: Seeks redemption; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 330 gp. Chalcedony (30 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Red garnet (90 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears skinny pants and wears a brown and white robe with the hood down. He has no hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a black tunic with brown highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'6" when asserting himself. His dark red hair is long and unkept. His black eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Modean fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 28000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. She carries with her a set of scimitars on her belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. Sporting a blonde mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Performer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield.