Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She carries a battered axe and tarnished kukri as well. She wears a colorful flower in her white hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Melissa was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 200 gp. Alexandrite (300 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her golden hair is smooth and relatively long. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is physically well-built. His brown hair is heavily combed to the right. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 92. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Nicholas took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up monstrous two handed axe and armor he uses now. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (30 gp).