Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly sickles and hand crossbows. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has gray eyes and a grey hat with a blue feather.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Melissa's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a red armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down, and is pretty ugly. She keeps her silver hair in a flapper bob. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Tailor who has hired her part-time. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Blossom was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She's in love; and she would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Has a crush, Mentor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 180 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, blue shirt, and black tie. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Orryn hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 has achieved small success as a Priest.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he is content

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'3" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She keeps her red hair in a flapper bob. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. 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: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Merchant arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She struck the Merchant job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is typically in her Priest uniform. Her black fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Rich, In love. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 4 Thunderstones.

Description: This woman is very fat, and has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her black robe. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A freak accident while working with her Baker father left her crippled. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her blonde hair is still thick. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Jarana hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'3". He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His hair is short and silver. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. 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: Karash lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the east were limited. 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. Karash fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Layabout and was forced into it by his family; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her black crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She worked as a nervous Healer and found it very stressful. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Healer for the past few years.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Everburning torch.