Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. 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 has dedicated herself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: Human compassion; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Family, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Through the years after Avelina was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Avelina's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his scimitar with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: Guy hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. Guy enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 700 gp. Obsidian (5 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. 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 wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.