Description: This younger middle-aged man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has shaved his head bald. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Masseuse arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Balimaar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 10000 cp. Moss agate (4 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a large red jacket. He is physically well-built. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. A true patriot, Gerald would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Military, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: John was born with his mother's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Professionalism, Philantrophist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His brown hair is long and unkept. His eyes are brown and beady.

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 terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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: He has a crush on the local Bounty Hunter; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 600 gp. Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). 1 Breastplate. 1 Full Plate.