Description: He wears a black collared shirt and blue pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He carries a battered quarterstaff and tarnished longsword as well. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. Balam is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He got into the Laborer business at a young age. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 6000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears an entirely grey suit with green socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has chestnut hair. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. 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: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is content

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane, Addict. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 8000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. His golden hair is singed and shortened. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Joker. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Barber

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1800 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He prefers to wear yellow clothing when he does not wear armor. His hair is black and curly. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: Nicholas was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student he started as a Painter, but he got bored and became a Miller. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 5000 gp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Amber (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Coral (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her white robe. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her white hair is knotted and matted. She has a dull look in her silver eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Kallista lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Farmer they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Butcher, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she wants to get laid

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 3000 gp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 800 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.