Description: This tall, slender man is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, brown shirt, and pastel tie. His hair is black and very short. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. Balam enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Racist, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His silver hair is cut short. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He worked as a nervous Mortician and found it very stressful. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Semyaza was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Peridot (20 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He wears a colorful flower in his silver hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. His head has been shaved. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. After coming to the age of reason, Gerald took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has styled her auburn hair well, parting it to the right. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 500 gp. Rhodochrosite (8 gp).

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a blue and black robe with the hood down. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Sindri 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 has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature halberd.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1600 sp.