Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His blue hair is braided into rings. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Balam is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Architect arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

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

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Terse, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 12000 sp.

Description: He wears a green coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. He carries a battered warhammer and tarnished flail as well. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Lazy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Jet (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Amber (50 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Painter does, and he perpetually has his hammer ready. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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 loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Painter. He has worked as a Painter like his mother before him.

Motivation: To be a Knight again; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Addict, Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 600 gp. Malachite (4 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Black pearl (600 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a brown collared shirt and violet pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is scarred and worn.

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 takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He struck the Animal Trainer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 800 gp. Hematite (12 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Hematite (12 gp).

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly scythes and axes. His white fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His copper eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Cook kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 6000 cp. Coral (50 gp). Onyx (80 gp).