Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He carries with him a set of falchions on his belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He wears his black hair up. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Balimaar's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When Balimaar reached his early adolescence his Half-Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. 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. Balimaar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 gp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. She is portly but not overly obese. Her silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her ears are large.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. After coming to the age of reason, Volen took it upon herself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. Some 3 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Volen never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1200 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'7" and muscular, this western woman has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her hair is short and golden. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the west. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Lazy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1400 sp. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She sports chestnut long hair. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man prefers to wear flannel, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. 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: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His parents enrolled him in a Warrior school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: In love, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: An older man who wears a simple brown robe with tan stripes complete with hood, he is not a threatening figure. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. 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: He was raised in a island tribe. 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 Junk Dealer. He became a Junk Dealer soon after.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 370 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His black eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Fortune-teller.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new fortune-teller responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 4000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.