Description: He wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is grey, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. He carries a battered warhammer and tarnished whip as well. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length purple hair. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Balam was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Fisher and was forced into it by his family; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Terse, Forgetful. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Soapmaker. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her bronze crest is still thick. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Perra was born the youngest of three triplets. Her first spouse was a Sellsword, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1600 gp.

Description: He stands about 5'7" and wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His red hair is braided into rings. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Simon lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Hourglass.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'3" and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: Halimath was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 Shipwright. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Blacksmith they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Shipwright, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Iolite (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 3'3" and muscular, this southern man wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has moderate length auburn hair. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. After a long history of fighting, Ombul and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Alexandrite (1400 gp).

Description: He sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He keeps his golden hair in a flapper bob. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is content; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 90 pp. Coral (160 gp).

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. Her dark red hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, illithids burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying north to reunite her family. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Mastema was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Bullseye lantern.