Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears bulky pastel painted plate armor. She wears her silver hair down. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. After coming to the age of reason, Melissa took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. 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: She has money and likes to spend it; and revenge

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: 6'1" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her blonde hair is lengthy. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 10 pp. Moss agate (12 gp).

Description: 5'9" and muscular, this northern woman wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She has a very tight haircut. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. 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 raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Apothecary arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Doctor. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She's in love.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp).

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'3" when asserting himself. Sporting a black mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. The war was a terrible time for him, and Simon does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Simon was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 600 gp.