Description: This late middle aged man wears a brown collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt and is in decent physical shape. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. A true patriot, Balam would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Balam lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Balam abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Military, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears a black armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Bagga was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to protect his home

Bonds: Guardian, Family, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 200 gp. White opal (600 gp).

Description: This man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Spice Merchant born in the past three hundred years. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Greedy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 200 pp. Banded agate (6 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). White opal (600 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Star ruby (600 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born in the south. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 2100 sp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and dresses like a well dressed Laborer does. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born in the south to a Laborer, Diggory learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Diggory grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Diggory. Recently the stress of being a Laborer has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.