Description: This malnourished man sports red clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Gardener born in the past three hundred years. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Altho was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He's in love; and balancing his hectic life and new gardener responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her white unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Markosian was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Markosian grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Markosian. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 800 gp. Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'9" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She wears her blue hair down. She has gleaming, smiling white eyes.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She is a Maurezhi in disguise. Rieta abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. During her travels, Rieta and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Rieta discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Rieta fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 4000 sp. Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Azurite (5 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He likes to wear brown tank tops with tan pants. He has cinnamon fur. He has green eyes.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hammer.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 60 pp.