Description: 3'7" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and doesn't want to be a painter and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Family, Job. Occupation: Painter

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

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: This southern man likes to wear grey tank tops with yellow pants. His clothes are grease stained in places. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Armorer. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Armorer for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Bookbinder again; and balancing his hectic life and new armorer responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Guardian, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His hair is long and red with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. The war was a terrible time for him, and Balimaar does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. 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 has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bowyer.

Motivation: To be a Stylist again.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military, Poor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 6'3" and muscular, this western woman tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her green eyes.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She comes from a rich western family. A gifted student she started as a Locksmith, but she got bored and became a Actor. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Actor.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new actor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 50 gp.