Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of drow once and for all.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Bookbinder arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Mundane, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. Her tied-back hair is white. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. 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, Melissa is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Map Maker.

Motivation: To be a Slave Trader again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 700 gp. Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Azurite (16 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 500 gp.