Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Guard. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Balam was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents enrolled him in a Wizard school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Balam was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a brown coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. He has moderate length silver hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1200 gp. Black star sapphire (600 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). White opal (600 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times, marred by sweets. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Helja isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 390 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a pastel shirt, with a white mid length shorts with white tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He keeps his long brown fur kept up in a rat tail. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: The child of a Scribe, who enjoyed hunting, Leaf was taken on many hunting expeditions. His parents enrolled him in a Bard school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He bought a sai and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 pp. Pink pearl (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 4'2" and dresses like a well dressed Bounty Hunter does. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Tordrid was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Forgetful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 20000 cp. Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He prefers to wear white clothing when he does not wear armor. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. A friendly and beautiful Halfling, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. When Osco reached his early adolescence his Halfling 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. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor, and he perpetually has his shortspear ready. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a yellow vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her yellow boots flare out at the collars. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. 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 trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Agnes hails from a village terrorized by drow. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Agnes alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. After a long history of fighting, Agnes and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Many drow want her driven away; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Full Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He keeps his long blue crest kept up in a rat tail. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Direcris hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the south were limited. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 5000 sp.