Description: This slender man stands about 6'9". He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His hair is short and black. He has a dull look in his silver eyes.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Gifted from a young age, Balam studied abroad. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Performer. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1200 pp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a tan shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and tan pants. He sports a flattop hair cut. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Born to a Cook, his father struggled to pay the bills. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He got money to start a business from the gang present in town. He is greatly indebted to them.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Debt. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 44000 sp. Eye agate (8 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Rose (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Helgret embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents enrolled her in a Barbarian school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She tends to her Bellfounder job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears bulky grey painted plate armor. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: Richard hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 3000 cp.