Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a green coat with grey slacks. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Through the years after Balimaar was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Balimaar's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Glassblower. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 400 gp. Alexandrite (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Jet (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man wears a blue costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. His clothes are grease stained in places. His silver crest is heavily combed to the right. His gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To unite with his brother.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family, Religious. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He wears his blonde hair down. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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 is harsh and unforgiving.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. 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 that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Debt, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 70 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'6". He wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. His rusty crest is heavily combed to the right. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born to a Courier, his father struggled to pay the bills. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Just what you see.