Description: He is a mite stocky and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has moderate length black hair. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Butcher arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 became a Butcher soon after.

Motivation: Revenge; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has no hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Herbalist but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Melissa was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 achieved small success as a Herbalist.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 800 gp. Moss agate (11 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Red garnet (150 gp).

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his blue robe. His hair is long and white with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: Gerald hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. After coming to the age of reason, Gerald took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Artistic, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 200 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (50 gp).

Description: He wears a black shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and black pants. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 600 gp.