Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 4'8". She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner, and her gloved hand is found clutching a bastard sword. Her black hair is thinning but still full. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Assassin hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 20000 cp. Black pearl (200 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Onyx (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head, and is pretty ugly. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

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

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 black hair is still thick. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. Recently a tribe of drow 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: Wants to work out more often; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She stands about 5'9" and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Sailor. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Sailor who has hired her part-time. Griselda enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Dilettante. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she's in love

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (1500 gp).