Description: She is lean but muscular and wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She has wavy chestnut hair. She is baby faced.

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. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born in the west to a Shepherd, Melissa learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. 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 is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Shepherd responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, green shirt, and grey tie. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She hates drow. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Courier responsibilities is difficult; and money/treasure

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Job, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a flail on his belt. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Everard is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Everard fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. 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: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His beige fur, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are amber.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Three lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: In love, Criminal record, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a black vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her pastel leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her black boots flare out at the collars. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. 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 Bather. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 20 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp).

Description: She has a missing right leg. She wears a blue wide-brimmed hat and blue clothes. She wears her brown hair up. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright pastel and violet, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has cinnamon fur. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and doesn't want to be a knight and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Selfish, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: An older man who prefers to wear flannel, he is not a threatening figure. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Bilbron was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Chain shirt.