Description: He is in excellent shape and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His golden hair is cut short. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 3000 cp. Eye agate (4 gp).

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He carries with him a set of axes, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has a very tight haircut. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Gorfel was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He found a children's book about a Half-Orc Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Addict, Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Eye agate (16 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This northern woman is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, brown shirt, and grey tie. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is short and golden. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'3" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She keeps her silver hair in a flapper bob. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. A freak accident while working with her Ploughman father left her crippled. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Flaws: Selfish, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: A 3'3" western man, he wears suspenders and red workpants. His shirt is white, and he wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His skin is flawless and his amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Jak was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. 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. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Insomniac, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she very much looks the part of a Fortune-teller. She has shaved her head bald. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 north. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 50 gp. Deep green spinel (40 gp).

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her brown hair is wavy and long. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

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. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Orcs in Myev's homeland. Myev decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with brown slacks. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Ar-Beka was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His first spouse was a Miller, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He tends to wear a red poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He sports a flattop hair cut. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Mercenary born in the past three hundred years. Hupe is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family, Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 230 gp. 1 Superior lock.