Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Balimaar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Hunter for the past few years.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and balancing his hectic life and new hunter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 800 gp. Violet garnet (700 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Malachite (11 gp).

Description: He very much looks the part of a Painter. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His crest is cut close to his head. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: Kaladan wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Barbarian, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He became a Painter soon after.

Motivation: He is greedy; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle and is in decent physical shape. His hair is auburn and very short. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He hates Half-Orcs with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Mercenary business.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. 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: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Orc people.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Mentor, Attractive. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Brown-green garnet (90 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, brown shirt, and green tie. He is portly but not overly obese. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Miner who has hired him part-time. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Miner. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Soapmaker. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length beige fur. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Edge and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 130 gp.