Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His brown hair is lengthy. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A gifted student he started as a Shepherd, but he got bored and became a Hunter. He has worked as a Hunter like his father before him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his nunchaku, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. He has shaved his head bald. He has hazel eyes and a green hat with a blue feather.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

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. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Nicholas was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Black opal (900 gp).

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

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. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 3200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. He has a very tight haircut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the south. 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. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 26000 cp.

Description: This tall, slender man is well dressed, constantly wearing a red suit, tan shirt, and black tie. He sports a flattop hair cut. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. 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 Mercenary. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Mercenary for hire.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Roofer; and expand his business

Ideals: Professionalism, Justice. Bonds: Slave, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. Hematite (11 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp).