Description: This exceptionally lanky man has the majority of his body covered in plate. His purple hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Balam has worked very hard to control his curse. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He is dressed in a clean green cloak covering his clean studded leather, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'10" when asserting himself. His hair is blue and curly. His eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His first spouse was a Masseuse, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Disease. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 600 gp. Jade (90 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears a black armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Trag was born on a far western mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Masseuse. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a shortspear on his belt. His brown hair is lengthy. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Slave Trader. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Slave Trader responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears suspenders and green workpants. His shirt is white, and he wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. His dark red hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Mordai lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Mordai abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Amber (70 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Jacinth (4000 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). White pearl (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.