Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a spear on her belt. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Recently a tribe of goblins 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic, Justice. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 700 gp. Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Jade (70 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A 5'3" western man, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He sports a flattop hair cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He uses divination through singing.

History: Born to a Ploughman, his father struggled to pay the bills. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 600 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears his black hair down. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Gerald was born the youngest of three triplets. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 800 gp. 6 Acid flasks. 1 Alchemist’s fire. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears baggy grey pantaloons and a brown scarf. His golden hair is singed and shortened. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Navigator. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He became a Navigator soon after.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and balancing his hectic life and new navigator responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 700 gp.