Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and tan handkerchief worn on his left side. His hair is white and curly. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in the north to a Slave Trader, Balimaar learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 16000 cp. 1 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This dark-skinned male is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He struck the Stylist job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 2700 sp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame and is in decent physical shape. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is an amazing painter.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Detective for the past few years.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and balancing his hectic life and new detective responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His hair is golden and curly. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Arnold lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Merchant, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 5000 cp. Violet garnet (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He usually wears his violet robe and has his shortspear always slung over his shoulder. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. A friendly and beautiful Human, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 300 gp.