Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She carries with her a set of swords, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Human culture. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Melissa was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Paladin, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Paladin in service of a powerful lord somewhere. 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 became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Lazy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Detective. He has a very tight haircut. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. 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: An old rival family wants him found; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 6'3" and wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He is baby faced.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and money/treasure

Flaws: Insomniac, Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, In love. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).