Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'3" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His black eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Balam hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. A friendly and beautiful Tiefling, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Balam hails from a village terrorized by orcs. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Spice Merchant. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Spice Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a white tunic with blue highlights, and long yellow pants that bunch up around his shoes. His fur is yellow and very short. His face is scarred and worn.

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 passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Beast was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Persistence, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 500 gp. Alexandrite (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Apothecary business.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A freak accident while working with his Jeweler father left him crippled. 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 money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 80 pp. Rose (70 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He carries with him a set of falchions, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born into a rich family. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 70 gp. Red garnet (110 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His eyes are likewise black. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. Habor is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Aquamarine (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Red spinel (120 gp).