Description: He likes to wear black tank tops with tan pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'3" when asserting himself. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Balimaar was born with his mother's beautiful face. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 110 gp. Amber (60 gp).

Description: He wears a fancy black suit. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His blonde hair is still thick. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Hugh was born the youngest of three triplets. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His silver hair is braided into rings. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (60 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp).

Description: Standing 6'0", this man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His white hair is singed and shortened. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Server but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 40 gp. Jet (50 gp).