Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her rapier with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Melissa alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Melissa was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and many dire rats want her driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Impulsive. Bonds: Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Charles isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a black shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and grey pants. She has styled her auburn hair well, parting it to the right. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. 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 been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (50 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with grey slacks. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. 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, Giselle is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Giselle was born with her mother's beautiful face. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.