Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He carries with him a set of crossbows, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He wears his dark red hair down. His silver eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Butcher business.

History: Born in the east to a Butcher, Damakos learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. 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 Butcher. He tends to his Butcher job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly monstrous two handed axes and shortspears. His crest is brass and very short. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

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 he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Disciplined, Extrovert, Impeccable. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He tends to wear a large yellow jacket, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'3" when asserting himself. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Tim grew up listening to his father's many stories. Through the years after Tim was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Tim's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 10 pp. Sard (40 gp).

Description: Standing 4'7", this woman tends to wear a large grey jacket. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Sarah has worked very hard to control her curse. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and to be a hunter again

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (50 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'11". He has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his blue robe, and his gloved hand is found clutching a scythe. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: Chay hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. The war was a terrible time for him, and Chay does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Chay was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. 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. 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 wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a tan coat, and is pretty ugly. His hair is cut close to his head. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Dayereth was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Chalcedony (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears long strands of opal and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Balam was born the youngest of three triplets. His first spouse was a Carter, they had one son, 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 reunite with his absent mother; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 360 gp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'5". He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has brown hair. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Fisher arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Theodoric was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Fisher for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Nature, Rich, Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 90 pp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears professional attire. Her white hair is lengthy. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Ridaro was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 20 gp. Jasper (70 gp).