Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has styled her white hair well, parting it to the left. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Melissa is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Melissa lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and doesn't want to be a apothecary and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed, Shy, Racist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and brown handkerchief worn on her left side. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her tied-back hair is golden. 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 is a great chef.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In her 19th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 40000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has chestnut hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. Eloise is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Eloise lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was taken from her home at a very young age. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1000 sp. Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp).