Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has wavy silver hair. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Melissa hails from a village terrorized by giants. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 700 gp. Carnelian (20 gp).

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. She is portly but not overly obese. She has wavy silver hair. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Egelina liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: She stands about 5'3" and sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She has chestnut hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Optimist, Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 500 gp. Violet garnet (1600 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears baggy brown pantaloons and a grey scarf. He wears his blonde hair up. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Merchant but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).