Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a tan coat. He keeps his white hair in a flapper bob. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Burgell hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He uses divination through singing.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Gnomes in Burgell's homeland. Burgell decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Burgell fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. Her hair is red and very short. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. At some point she was captured by orcs and was tortured. After several years of this she finally managed to escape. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away; and to be a layabout again

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, green shirt, and brown tie. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has white hair. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Barber. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1400 sp. Golden pearl (60 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 3'0" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a tight fitting red shirt and pants. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. He worked as a nervous Hunter and found it very stressful. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Guardian, Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 90 gp. Sard (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has no hair. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a Armorer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He works hard and plays hard.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 300 gp.