Description: He wears a green shirt, with a grey mid length shorts with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his monstrous two handed axe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Balam wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Cleric, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... Balam enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This malnourished man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Born to a Unemployed, his mother struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Baern and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: 3'0" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is mildly Halfling supremacist, though she does not identify as such. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Gifted from a young age, Trym studied abroad. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Trym fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She wears her silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the south were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with black slacks. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a Navigator first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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, Gimûb is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Gimûb was born on a far western desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Navigator. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Navigator.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Navigator responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: 6'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. He has shaved his head bald. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Roger was born with his mother's beautiful face. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Being a Detective kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Breastplate.

Description: An older man who wears dull brown sweaters, loose yellow pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed axe, just in case, he is not a threatening figure. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. He has amber eyes and a brown hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. 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, Wymar is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Body Guard mother left him crippled. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Eye agate (6 gp).

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He usually wears his blue robe and has his greatsword always slung over his shoulder. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his top blue hat.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He takes great joy in being the best Beggar in town.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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 Beggar. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Beggar responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 120 pp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has shaved his head bald. He is baby faced.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 2000 gp. Freshwater pearl (9 gp). White opal (900 gp).