Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is green, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Melissa was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Melissa never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Cynical, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, In love. Occupation: Architect

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

Possessions: 20000 cp. Onyx (50 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his rapier, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the south. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 west. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

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

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her golden hair is braided into rings. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Matilda was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Matilda has worked very hard to control her curse. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Slave, Mentor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has no hair. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Alex is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born in a small desert village. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Alexandrite (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.