Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and is pretty ugly. He has moderate length blue hair. This black eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Balam was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'4". She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her auburn hair is long and unkept. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born into a rich family. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Debt. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears long strands of jet and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His hair is chestnut and curly. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Tabaxi culture. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Flogg lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears long strands of sapphire and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born in a small forest village. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Rolen 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 Rolen. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 sp. Zircon (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.