Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He carries with him a set of bastard swords on his belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are likewise silver.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Balam fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 4000 gp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Canary diamond (2000 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp).

Description: She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. She carries a battered mace and tarnished whip as well. She has wavy white hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Blacksmith. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to be a guard again

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Slave, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 130 gp. Zircon (50 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has a very tight haircut. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Armorer. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Keth was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Keth grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Keth. He struck the Armorer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tiefling, and stands approximately 6'2". She is typically in her Spice Merchant uniform, and her gloved hand is found clutching a shortspear. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Her childhood dream was to be a Bookbinder, but she was a colossal failure. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 40 pp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp).

Description: This man prefers to wear flannel, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has worked as a Mortician like his mother before him.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 260 pp. Coral (120 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.