Description: She wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly bows and kukris. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Melissa grew up listening to her father's many stories. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Varis 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 is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears bulky white painted plate armor. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Gynk is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She got into the Weaver business at a young age. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 west. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Passionate, Justice. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly scythes and morningstars. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: Urshar hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Urshar was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Artistic, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull brown iron scale mail. She has wavy blonde hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the east. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She stands about 5'5" and wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She got money to start a business from the gang present in town. She is greatly indebted to them.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He tends to wear a large green jacket. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his warhammer, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. He wears his brown hair down. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady white eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. The war was a terrible time for him, and Nirgel does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Nirgel has worked very hard to control his curse. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'2" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull green iron scale mail. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He got into the Glassblower business at a young age. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Attractive. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His hair is cut close to his head. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). Being a Fortune-teller 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: He's repulsed by the PC; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1700 sp.