Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears baggy yellow pantaloons and a brown scarf. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Gardener business.

History: Naeris was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. 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 east. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her kukri with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her parents enrolled her in a Warlock school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He keeps his white fur in a flapper bob. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Fragrant hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was taken from his home at a very young age. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 3'1" and wears a white vest and prefers violet and grey shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His brown hair is thinning but still full. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 130 gp. Amber (120 gp).

Description: He wears a green shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and pastel pants. He has done his best to style his bronze crest to look like a famous performer. He has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born in the east. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and expand his business

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.