Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His chestnut hair is lengthy. He is baby faced.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. 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 Shepherd. He became a Shepherd soon after.

Motivation: To be a Butcher again; and balancing his hectic life and new shepherd responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'10". He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born in the east. 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. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Good lock.

Description: She typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She keeps her cinnamon fur in a flapper bob. Her copper eyes peer out from beneath her small brown hat.

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. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Leaf was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Butcher for hire.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp).

Description: She has a missing left leg. She typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. Her hair is long and white with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small brown clips. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Elysande 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 Elysande. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Slave. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a robe, a symbol of her god around her neck, and a mace on her belt. She keeps her black hair in a pixie cut. She wears large thick round spectacles.

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. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In her 13th 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 spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is her passion; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: She wears a green coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon her head, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'6" when asserting herself. Her rusty crest is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Findex was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Aristocrat, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Aristocrat in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Findex 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. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 300 gp. Black opal (900 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Jade (90 gp).

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He carries a battered monstrous two handed axe and tarnished halberd as well. His head has been shaved. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Bounty Hunter they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Bricklayer, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'7" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her spear with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 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: Sabotage a competitor; and money/treasure

Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Mentor, Family, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 400 gp. Obsidian (15 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Callie lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Military, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 gp.