I don't know about the assassin, but both my and Ixy's characters are civilians living at the edge of the law, and they'd both likely be far more disconcerted if drawn into hard crime than the mercenary who already kills people for a living.  There are some threads by which Celecia and Eshi could be friends drawn into whatever inciting incident.<br/><br/>And my character is very much pro-profit.  Honorable means of getting there are secondary.