Description: This woman stands a little under 5'5" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. Her tied-back hair is red. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. 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 now owns her own business.

Motivation: Revenge; and balancing her hectic life and new bricklayer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (14 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. He has a hunchback. His hair is short and chestnut. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Simon abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. His tied-back hair is brown. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Robert embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Robert never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He wants revenge against drow; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: An older woman who is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and green handkerchief worn on her right side, she is not a threatening figure. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 400 gp.