Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears black trousers with brown and yellow striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born in the west to a Dyer, Balam learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To protect his home; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 sp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp).

Description: Standing 4'7", this man is dressed in an above average manner. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and doesn't want to be a tanner and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Family, Slave. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Spice Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 11000 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Ruler for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a scribe again

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Military, In love. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is wearing a tight blue one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He is physically well-built. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Adept school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He 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 his way of doing things and want revenge; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Just what you see.