Description: This tall, slender man is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, brown shirt, and pastel tie. His hair is black and very short. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. Balam enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Racist, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His silver hair is cut short. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He worked as a nervous Mortician and found it very stressful. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She carries with her a set of whips on her belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. Her black hair is thinning but still full. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. 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-sister.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Revenge; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Peridot (20 gp).

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He is physically well-built. He has shaved his head bald. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He comes from a rich western family. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Unemployed. He struck the Unemployed job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Depressed, Lazy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 20 pp.