Description: She wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. She is portly but not overly obese. She wears her white hair down. She has hazel eyes and a black hat with a tan feather.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Born in the north to a Tanner, Melissa learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Melissa abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 5000 sp. Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Jade (60 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a black vest and prefers white and red shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair is short and golden. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Healer. He struck the Healer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 500 gp. Tourmaline (160 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'0". She wears long strands of jet and short violet dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Cecily hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 30000 cp.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His skin is also unnaturally pale. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 200 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp).