Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Frederick lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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 to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Family, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This malnourished man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His red hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has brown eyes and a blue hat with a white feather.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Through the years after Qualen was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Qualen's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and doesn't want to be a assassin and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 21000 cp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a pastel shirt, with a brown mid length shorts with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Chem was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. 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 has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man likes to wear blue tank tops with brown pants, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Paggen 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. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Butcher work with an outfit from a few towns over. Butcher work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He became a Butcher soon after.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Butcher responsibilities is difficult; and to be a actor again

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: In love, Poor, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'8". He wears baggy tan pantaloons and a white scarf. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Greethen hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 200 gp.