Description: An older woman who wears dark leathers with embroidery, she is not a threatening figure. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. 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: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. After a long history of fighting, Melissa and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Solid gold idol (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp).

Description: This man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is silver and curly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Bonds: Enemies, Slave, Military, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Black pearl (200 gp). Banded agate (4 gp).

Description: A 5'7" southern woman, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her chestnut hair is long and unkept. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Shoemaker they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Bricklayer, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Sporting a white mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Heather was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Heather decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and she has a crush on the local baker

Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Guardian, Has a crush, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 4000 sp. Alexandrite (1100 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp).