Description: He stands about 3'11" and wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. Taklinn was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Taklinn decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

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; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a black cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings. Her silver hair is smooth and relatively long. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Armara enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Butcher responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 10000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned female dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her black hair is knotted and matted. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes goblins are coming to abduct people. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Painter but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. A gifted student she started as a Priest, but she got bored and became a Painter. She has achieved small success as a Painter.

Motivation: Revenge; and expand her business

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1700 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a warhammer on her belt. Her crest is short and blue. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Blacksmith. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Blacksmith but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Blacksmith arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has gray eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. A friendly and beautiful Gnome, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Umpen fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 370 gp. 1 Chain shirt.