Description: This slender man stands about 6'9". He dresses like a well dressed Priest does. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is mildly Tiefling supremacist, though he does not identify as such. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has worked as a Priest like his father before him.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Red garnet (50 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. With bright black hair. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. 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: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 6 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Merla never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Slave, In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 270 gp. Aquamarine (200 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears tattered old clothes. He is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around his ears. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He got into the Weaver business at a young age. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Weaver.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Weaver

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

Possessions: 13000 sp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Layabout arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She keeps her chestnut hair in a pixie cut. She is baby faced.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Expand her business; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).