Description: This dark-skinned female wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a sickle on her belt. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has wavy auburn hair. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. 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: She wants revenge against goblins.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 gp. Azurite (5 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is typically in his Unemployed uniform. His white hair is lengthy. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Unemployed born in the past three hundred years. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He tends to his Unemployed job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 200 gp. Hematite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'6". He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Giselle 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 Giselle. Being a Miner kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.