Description: This tall, slender woman wears a blue coat over a yellow low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon her head. Her hair is auburn and very short. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Melissa abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. 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: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Jet (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has wavy black hair. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Her first spouse was a Fortune-teller, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Moonstone (20 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has styled her black hair well, parting it to the left. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 100 gp. Rose (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Hematite (9 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her mace with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Full Plate. 1 Banded mail.