Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He is an epitome of beauty. His hair is short and brown. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Balimaar is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Balimaar hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 now owns his own business.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man tends to wear a large red jacket, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: Trey hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Trey was born on a far eastern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Shepherd. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: He is content; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Secretive, Mundane. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 50000 cp. Aquamarine (900 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp).

Description: He wears bulky black painted plate armor. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Zircon (80 gp). Malachite (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He keeps his auburn hair in a pixie cut. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Through the years after Aldous was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Aldous's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Revenge; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Peridot (70 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He wears his golden hair down. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the east. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.