Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears suspenders and yellow workpants. Her shirt is black, and she wears a heavy yellow leather apron most of the time, and is pretty ugly. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Butcher business.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She dropped out of school to support her sick father, and resented it. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 50 gp. Golden pearl (160 gp).

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Lewis lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Slave. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a simple black robe with brown stripes complete with hood. Her bronze crest is knotted and matted. Her eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Butcher arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 3000 sp. Obsidian (7 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is dressed in a clean yellow cloak covering her clean studded leather, and she perpetually has her ceremonial dagger ready. Her head has been shaved. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with her Masseuse father left her crippled. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Selfish, Disease. Occupation: Apothecary

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

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: 5'6" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Masseuse and was forced into it by his family; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Optimist, Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 20 gp. Obsidian (4 gp).

Description: She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She has wavy brown hair. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Vaina 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 spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 390 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears a black small hat and black clothes. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has no hair. She has violet eyes and a black hat with a grey feather.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in the west to a Shipwright, Tomph learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. Blue quartz (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor, and carries falchions. His crest is silver and curly. His skin is flawless and his red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Medrash was born the youngest of three triplets. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He likes to wear white tank tops with green pants. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Ûgakûga was born the youngest of three triplets. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 6000 gp. Black pearl (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Clear bright green emerald (2000 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item.