Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. With bright golden hair. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Melissa enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Violet garnet (600 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Black opal (700 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. Her golden hair is lengthy. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. The war was a terrible time for her, and Griselda does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her father's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered illithids who tried to eat her hand. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and a deep hatred of illithids

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a violet shirt with thin green vertical stripes and grey pants. His silver hair is long and unkept. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Guard hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 30000 cp. Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with violet colored cloaks and clothing. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She keeps her black hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. 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: Rohesia was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 3000 sp. Coral (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp).