Description: He wears a black costume with the symbols of death on his torso. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly rapiers and kukris. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. Being a Butcher kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 19000 cp. Pink pearl (90 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Black opal (700 gp).

Description: 6'6" and muscular, this eastern man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 gp. Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Theobald was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He tends to his Animal Trainer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new animal trainer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 3000 cp. Bloodstone (20 gp). Banded agate (8 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears skinny pants and wears a blue and pastel robe with the hood down. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 12000 sp.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He wears his chestnut hair up. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Aldous was born with his father's beautiful face. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

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.

Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 2000 sp.