Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His silver eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Balam is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He became a Sculptor soon after.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Bonds: Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He likes to wear brown tank tops with tan pants. His white fur is matted, messy, and big. His yellow eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed brown hat.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 180 gp. Brown-green garnet (120 gp).

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a blue coat. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly daggers and ceremonial daggers. His white hair is heavily combed to the left. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

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: Joker, Impeccable. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 6000 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a pastel collared shirt and yellow skirt. She accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her fur is red and curly. Her yellow eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the east. The family's rival house kidnapped her sister with the intent that her sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: In love, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 160 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Tagga was raised in a hard working conservative environment. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has worked as a Jeweler like her mother before her.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to be a detective again

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Nature, Guardian. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 700 sp.