Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'0". She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and her gloved hand is found clutching a bastard sword. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Melissa hails from a village terrorized by illithids. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Ploughman they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Detective, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a simple grey robe with black stripes complete with hood. Her head has been shaved. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Born in the north to a Merchant, Jacoba learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She struck the Merchant job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and balancing her hectic life and new merchant responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 30000 cp. Azurite (4 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Hematite (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'9", this woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Vicky lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 50 pp. Red spinel (110 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Jet (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. 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: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nicholas fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Red garnet (110 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp).