Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are white and beady.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Balam liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military, Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her brass crest is knotted and matted. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is an amazing painter.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Daar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears professional attire. She wears a colorful flower in her rusty crest. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Mercenary hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Dentratha fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 10 pp. Obsidian (12 gp).