Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He carries a battered scimitar and tarnished shield as well. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. 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: Balimaar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Breastplate. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Arnold isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He found a children's book about a Human Fighter who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 100 gp. Freshwater pearl (15 gp).

Description: A 6'1" western man, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His white hair is heavily combed to the right. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Superior lock. 1 Superior lock.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears white trousers with brown and violet striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His hair is white and very short. His ears are large.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Diggory hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears a yellow tunic with green highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'2" when asserting himself. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Flaws: Emotional, Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 300 gp.