Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. His tied-back hair is white. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Balimaar is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Balimaar lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Black pearl (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He carries a battered ceremonial dagger and tarnished halberd as well. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gerard fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a fancy brown suit. He carries with him a set of greatswords, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Guardian, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Trym is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Trym was raised in a hard working conservative environment. After coming to the age of reason, Trym took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Body Guard they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Blacksmith, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Many drow want him driven away; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. His black hair is knotted and matted. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and balancing his hectic life and new masseuse responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Moss agate (5 gp).