Description: A moderately attractive man, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light green in addition to tight pants. His blue hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are black and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Balam was born with his father's beautiful face. While he appears to be a normal Tiefling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Brewer for hire.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and expand his business

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 800 sp. Carnelian (40 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. She has shaved her head bald. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She wears baggy red pantaloons and a green scarf. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her tied-back hair is blonde. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and to prove her worth to the world

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears just a brown suit. She has dyed her greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Rohesia never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Revenge; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Opinionated, Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: In love, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Amber (160 gp). Rose (40 gp). 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her chestnut hair is wavy and long. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: Born in the west to a Miner, Cecily learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 south. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She wants revenge against giants; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. He has a dull look in his silver eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. She is portly but not overly obese. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her half smiles and white eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Makaria was born on a far northern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Farmer. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 120 gp. Solid gold idol (200 gp).

Description: He wears a green vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his green boots flare out at the collars. His crest is cut close to his head. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bookbinder hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Mentor, Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 800 sp. Rock crystal (20 gp). Hematite (5 gp). 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a robe, a symbol of her god around her neck, and a kukri on her belt. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Beggar who has hired her part-time. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Armara fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is content.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Has a crush, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.