Description: She stands about 4'7" and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her greataxe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her brown hair is matted, messy, and big. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Painter born in the past three hundred years. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Painter for hire.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and expand her business

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Blue quartz (12 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 6'3", this woman wears a black shirt, with a grey mid length skirt with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her crest is black and curly. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. A freak accident while working with her Stylist father left her crippled. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1700 gp. Moonstone (30 gp). Rose (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her red hair is braided into rings. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She worked as a nervous Hunter and found it very stressful. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 60 pp. Eye agate (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a large black jacket. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has moderate length white crest. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 120 pp.

Description: 5'5" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her greataxe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 100 gp. Solid gold idol (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.