Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing writing.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Melissa fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: This man is dressed in an above average manner. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His brown hair is cut short. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. 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: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Persistence, Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Moss agate (16 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Joan will drive conversation. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 100 gp. Rose (70 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.