Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her chestnut hair is wavy and long. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Melissa was born with her mother's beautiful face. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Melissa grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Melissa. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Through the years after Galiena was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Galiena's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Galiena and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. Violet garnet (1400 gp). 1 Full Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 gp. A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 north. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.