Description: This man wears baggy green pantaloons and a white scarf, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Balam was born the youngest of three triplets. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 160 pp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears long strands of ruby and short violet dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her white hair is braided into rings. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family, Religious. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and grey handkerchief worn on her right side. She has no hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Oda was born on a far western mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Slave Trader. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants her loneliness to end

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 70 gp. Coral (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a grey coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon her head. Her chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She got into the Courier business at a young age. Her childhood dream was to be a Shepherd, but she was a colossal failure. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Courier for hire.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 80 pp.