Description: This man stands a little under 5'8" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is short and black. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Through the years after Balimaar was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Balimaar's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He wears a red collared shirt and blue pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his feathered red hat.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Scribe but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He worked as a nervous Scribe and found it very stressful. He's also a talented Beggar, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the right. Her violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 170 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: He wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Ernest was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 sp. Pink pearl (80 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length gold crest. He has red eyes and a black hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Mreksh was born the youngest of three triplets. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Slave, Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: A 5'5" southern man, he wears an entirely violet suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His hair is white and curly. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Rolen speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. A friendly and beautiful Half-Elf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Rolen was born with his mother's beautiful face. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. His skin is dark but he possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. He dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. He has violet eyes.

Personality: Olunt is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 350 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Actor profession.

History: Morgran was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 Stableman. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Stableman for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new stableman responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Azurite (15 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.