Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. He wears his white hair up. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Gifted from a young age, Balam studied abroad. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. His skin is light but he possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. He wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Shoemaker. He tends to his Shoemaker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and 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

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: She stands about 5'3" and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She has wavy auburn hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Mara was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Aristocrat, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Aristocrat in service of a powerful lord somewhere. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Mara took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up shortbow and armor she uses now. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He usually wears his green robe and has his hand crossbow always slung over his shoulder. He wears a colorful flower in his blue hair. His white eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Paymon and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.