Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is brown and curly. His silver eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Balam lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Balam abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Addict, Selfish. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman prefers to wear white clothing when she does not wear armor, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Scribe profession.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Barrister arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and tan handkerchief worn on his left side. He is an epitome of beauty. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Mundane, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 100 gp. Obsidian (5 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His hair is blue, silky, and of moderate length. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Mamnen has worked very hard to control his curse. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Flaws: Racist, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 2600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with tan colored cloaks and clothing. She sports auburn long hair. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Fortune-teller. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Fortune-teller.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.