Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He tends to wear a large black jacket. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Balimaar will drive conversation. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Extrovert, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. 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 has a hunchback. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: 6'3" and muscular, this eastern man wears long strands of jet and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is content

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the right. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

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 a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 3000 sp. Citrine (70 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Malachite (5 gp).

Description: This man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his left hand. His hair is long and silver with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Apothecary they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Merchant, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family, Slave. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.