Description: He is a mite stocky and wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has wavy black hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

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. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 22000 cp. Solid gold idol (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears an entirely white suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Through the years after Hubert was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Hubert's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Hubert and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Lewis lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Justice, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 13000 cp. 1 Disguise kit. 1 Superior lock.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. After a long history of fighting, Alexandre and his spouse have recently divorced.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 3100 sp. Peridot (70 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate.