Description: 5'0" and muscular, this western man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. His auburn hair is cut short. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When Anselm reached his early adolescence his Human father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is wearing a long, tan cloak. His hair is white and very short. His ears are large.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it; and to be a ploughman again

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a black tunic with red highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around his shoes. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 2100 sp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 600 sp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a black feathered hat and black clothes. He has moderate length brown hair. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate.