Description: 5'3" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a white collared shirt and tan skirt. She accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the left. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Melissa lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature rapier.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. She carries a battered nunchaku and tarnished whip as well. Her chestnut hair is lengthy. This hazel eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Bounty Hunter. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bounty Hunter and was forced into it by her family; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Religious, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a green cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield. 1 Breastplate.

Description: She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light red in addition to tight pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'11" when asserting herself. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Juliana was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Juliana decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.