Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears professional attire. His chestnut hair is lengthy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Balam isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Tiefling unity. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She wears her golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Poor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has shaved his head bald. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his feathered violet hat.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. Dean was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Dean decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and tends to wear a red poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has styled her black hair well, parting it to the left. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her hair is short and black. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Jane's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has worked as a Masseuse like her father before her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Peridot (70 gp).