Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a brown broad hat and brown clothes. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is a great chef.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. 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. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She prefers to wear flannel. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. 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 east her family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Assassin hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and regain custody of her daughter

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Family, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 sp. Obsidian (5 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a black coat with white slacks. He has wavy dark red hair. He has silver eyes.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Andram lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 200 sp. Jade (160 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He wears his golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He became a Assassin soon after.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is wearing a long, grey cloak. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Born in the west to a Mason, Barbena learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Barbena was born on a far western island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Mason. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Mason for the past few years.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 50 gp. 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a pastel shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and black pants. Her yellow fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are yellow and catlike.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She got into the Layabout business at a young age. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. 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 content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Passionate, Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 4000 cp. Golden pearl (140 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a grey shirt, with a tan mid length shorts with tan tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His white hair is long and unkept. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and 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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a morningstar, but if one is not available he will default to his bow. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Gifted, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears a grey coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Maynild has worked very hard to control her curse. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Shy, Disease. Occupation: Courier

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles.