Description: A 5'7" southern man, he wears a green vest and prefers tan and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has no hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He got into the Locksmith business at a young age. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Balam took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up scimitar and armor he uses now. He's also a talented Dyer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Locksmith responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1000 cp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp).

Description: Standing 3'5", this man is wearing a long, blue cloak. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Oppleby was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He tends to his Gardener job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and balancing his hectic life and new gardener responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a black armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Mugrunden was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has worked as a Scribe like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp).

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Engraver does. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her rusty crest is long and unkept. Her ears are large.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Engraver. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. A gifted student she started as a Seamstress, but she got bored and became a Engraver. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'4" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He prefers to wear flannel. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nicholas grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Nicholas. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 150 gp.