Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a club on his belt. His white hair is heavily combed to the right. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. 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: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Manfred was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 600 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He wears a tan coat over a pastel low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. He has a hunchback. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Masseuse business.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A freak accident while working with his Doctor mother left him crippled. After a long history of fighting, Geoffrey and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She carries with her a set of falchions, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her long red hair reaches down to her waist. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 53. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'8" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her head has been shaved. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She has all her life been fascinated with dancing.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 30000 cp. Malachite (12 gp). Jade (40 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.