Description: He typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'1" when asserting himself. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Balam was raised in a hard working conservative environment. After coming to the age of reason, Balam took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has worked as a Mason like his father before him.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 2'10". She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She hates Halflings with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Family, Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 400 sp. Sard (70 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Pog was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he prefers to wear flannel. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length red hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Tod enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her warhammer with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She carries with her a set of warhammers on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. Her silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has amber eyes.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 100 gp.