Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her hair is silver and curly. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

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 is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Mella was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. She took after her father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her father taught her to defend herself. When her father died while fighting dire rats, the young Mella began to lead the lost caravan. She became a Baker soon after.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and balancing her hectic life and new baker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Religious. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 2000 cp. Obsidian (14 gp).

Description: 2'10" and muscular, this southern woman wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a whip, but if one is not available she will default to her scimitar. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She became a Mortician soon after.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 6000 cp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Rangrim hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born in the west to a Herbalist, Rangrim learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy lavender fur. He wears an entirely brown suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has a hunchback. His lavender fur is heavily combed to the left. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the west were limited. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he is content

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She wears a grey costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso, and carries glaives. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. 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. After a long history of fighting, Liftrasa and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a yellow costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Odo lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She prefers to wear grey clothing when she does not wear armor. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length brown hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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 keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Giselle grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is her passion; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Zircon (60 gp).

Description: She usually wears her tan robe and has her glaive always slung over her shoulder. She carries with her a set of glaives, each one with a emerald on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her golden hair is well kept. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. 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 was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A freak accident while working with her Sailor father left her crippled. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Selfish, Disease. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Disguise kit. 1 Crowbar. 1 Good lock.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears a tan small hat and tan clothes. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is content; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 40 gp.