Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has wavy auburn hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: This woman loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Melissa was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Shepherd. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and to be a shepherd again

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man wears a violet shirt, with a blue mid length shorts with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is blonde and very short. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Through the years after Richard was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Richard's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 gp. Malachite (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp).

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He wears his auburn hair up. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is obsessed with his god.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 20000 cp. Chrysoprase (70 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp).

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her golden hair is greasy and uncared for. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Courier business.

History: Eleanor lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her first spouse was a Doctor, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.