Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'8" when asserting himself. His dark red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. His silver eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Blacksmith arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Balam 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. Balam decided he wanted neither the life of his mother 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 knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Addict, Terse. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1500 gp. Black pearl (600 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Amethyst (70 gp).

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She likes to wear violet tank tops with brown skirt. Her hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born to a Unemployed, her father struggled to pay the bills. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature longbow.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is her passion; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: Gifted from a young age, Nil studied abroad. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Ilanis lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Spy they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Courier, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 400 gp. Alexandrite (800 gp). 1 Everburning torch. 3 Thunderstones. 2 Holy water.