Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He got into the Barber business at a young age. Balimaar 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. Balimaar 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Optimist, Impeccable. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 900 gp. Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). White pearl (120 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a tan tunic with black highlights, and long yellow pants that bunch up around his shoes. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has green eyes and a tan hat with a black feather.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Varis was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 900 sp. Amethyst (50 gp).

Description: She wears baggy green pantaloons and a white scarf. She is physically well-built. She has dyed her greying gold crest a little too much giving a sharp gold color. Her eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Hillanot was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Knight for the past few years.

Motivation: She's in love; and she has a crush on the local dilettante

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 12000 gp. Jet (110 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Rose (50 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Zircon (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He wears a tan vest and prefers brown and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has a hunchback. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Mortician work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mortician work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He tends to his Mortician job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Nature, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is wearing a tight grey one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her club, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. Her brown hair is singed and shortened. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Gillyd is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 330 gp. 4 Thunderstones.