Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His black eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Balam speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Impulsive. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with yellow colored cloaks and clothing. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. After coming to the age of reason, Roland took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is short and white. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. Megged enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Megged was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. Through the years after Megged was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Megged's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He tends to his Soapmaker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing his hectic life and new soapmaker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 2800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his club with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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: Gilthur was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 9000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered red stockings. His hair is silver and curly. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Bhevek wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Ranger, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 200 pp. Jade (40 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Brown diamond (6000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.