Description: He is a husky man, who is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Gardener. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length black fur. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Cloud lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Navigator, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Job, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2700 sp. Red-brown spinel (40 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a Unemployed first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A freak accident while working with her Soapmaker father left her crippled. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Unemployed for hire.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and balancing her hectic life and new unemployed responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Red garnet (110 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp).

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and carries sais. She has chestnut hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Zanna fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She usually wears her brown robe and has her sai always slung over her shoulder. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She got into the Stylist business at a young age. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Stylist responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Jasper (30 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 30 gp.