Description: A plain young-adult man, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. A true patriot, Erdan would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Erdan was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Butcher for the past few years.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Job, Military, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze, and he perpetually has his sickle ready. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His skin is flawless and his amber eyes scan people very quickly.

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. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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: A deep hatred of orcs.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 2000 sp. Amber (50 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp).

Description: He wears just a white suit. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. 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: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Malachite (10 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and he perpetually has his shortspear ready. His hair is short and black. He has green eyes and a tan hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2000 gp. Silver pearl (150 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Clear bright green emerald (2000 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Rose (50 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Coral (150 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Riardon grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Riardon. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 2000 gp. Citrine (40 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Amber (160 gp). Azurite (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.