Description: She is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. She wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She has a hunchback. Her long blonde hair reaches down to her waist. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is a great chef.

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. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Melissa grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Melissa. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 5'9" and wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She has no hair. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her mother's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered dire rats who tried to eat her hand. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Citrine (70 gp). Coral (50 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Jasper (70 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, black shirt, and red tie. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: Hunter wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Paladin, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He tends to his Barber job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new barber responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her golden hair is smooth and relatively long. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Just what you see.