Description: 5'10" and muscular, this northern man wears an entirely green suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His hair is purple and curly. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. 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, Balam is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He got into the Barber business at a young age. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: To be a Adventurer again.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is dark red and curly. His black eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His first spouse was a Miner, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 800 gp. Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She carries with her a set of morningstars on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: The child of a Adventurer, who enjoyed hunting, Bree was taken on many hunting expeditions. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears black trousers with brown and blue striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His brass crest is matted, messy, and big. He has gold eyes.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is obsessed with his god.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Bharash was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She has shaved her head bald. She is baby faced.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Audhild was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the west were limited. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she likes to wear ponchos typically of a light violet in addition to tight pants, and is pretty ugly. Her hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Anastrianna was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a pastel costume with the symbols of death on his torso and is in decent physical shape. His white fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are amber.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Beast was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Cynical, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 200 pp. Jade (90 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). Jade (90 gp). Blue star sapphire (1300 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she has a large yellow mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her brown robe. Her white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. 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: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Kellen speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Kellen was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. Kellen 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 dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 110 gp.