Description: He is a mite stocky and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His silver hair is lengthy. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Balam was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Artistic, Extrovert, Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: 4'9" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a tan coat. His hair is chestnut and curly. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson tan hat.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is an amazing painter.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, In love. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a yellow shirt, with a green mid length shorts with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. A true patriot, Ralf would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Ralf was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Ralf was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has styled her gold crest well, parting it to the right. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Synthrin wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Cleric, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in the south to a Fisher, Synthrin learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. While she appears to be a normal Dragonborn, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has worked as a Fisher like her father before her.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Fisher responsibilities is difficult; and she's in love

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).