Description: She is renowned for her bright blue dresses and hats, and carries hand crossbows. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 52. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Humans in Melissa's homeland. Melissa decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She has worked as a Spice Merchant like her father before her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a white vest and prefers grey and green shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Barber arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 2000 sp. Malachite (10 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. With bright white hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Sarah was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she is content

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Bloodstone (30 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Citrine (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.