Description: 5'2" and muscular, this southern woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has moderate length auburn hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Melissa lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 west. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering her clean studded leather. She is an epitome of beauty. She wears her blonde hair down. 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 inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature flail.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Ploughman business.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. 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: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

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