Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his rapier with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Gardener arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

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

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has red hair. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in the west to a Stylist, Ranala learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Slave. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 300 gp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has wavy golden hair. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was born in the east. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She wants revenge against brigands.

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 20 pp. White pearl (80 gp).

Description: Standing 6'2", this woman wears a black armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. Her bronze crest is unkempt and raggedy. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Pacifist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor and is in decent physical shape. He has black hair. His green eyes peer out from beneath his broad brown hat.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Pacifist, Persistence. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Mentor, Has a crush. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 400 gp. Sardonyx (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp).