Description: He is wearing a long, black cloak, and carries pickaxes. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. His fierce black eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Balam was born the youngest of three triplets. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Family, Slave. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 2000 sp. Moonstone (50 gp). Clear bright green emerald (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a white coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Gifted from a young age, Krakhorn studied abroad. Krakhorn 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. Krakhorn 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. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 4000 sp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears skinny pants and wears a brown and black robe with the hood down. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Ralf was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dwarven companion (his 'brother'). He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Soapmaker. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Persistence. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 120 pp. Freshwater pearl (11 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull blue iron scale mail. His golden hair is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1 Silver holy symbol.