Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She is physically well-built. Her hair is red and curly. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Melissa was born with her mother's beautiful face. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Attractive. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 5000 sp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears a simple white robe with tan stripes complete with hood. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his broad white hat.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 800 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Silver ewer (60 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. She has no hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 700 gp. Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Jet (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. She wears her white hair up. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She struck the Miner job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and balancing her hectic life and new miner responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 40 pp.