Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a green coat with tan slacks. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born in the north to a Guard, Burto learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Guard. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 500 pp.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Armorer. He carries a battered shortspear and tarnished sai as well. His silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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: Born in the south to a Armorer, Bernard learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He worked as a nervous Armorer and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 500 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Corkitron was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to be a knight again

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1000 gp. Amber (110 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is renowned for her bright violet dresses and hats. Her brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Jarsali is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the west to a Engraver, Jarsali learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 2000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (30 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp).

Description: She is typically in her Stylist uniform. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her mace, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Avice was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Stylist responsibilities is difficult; and to be a unemployed again

Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Job, Family, Slave. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1400 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (90 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (90 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (90 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp).

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a black and pastel handkerchief worn on her right side. She carries with her a set of bastard swords on her belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. She wears her brown hair up. Her ears are large.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Seamstress. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 7000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Cook arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 700 pp. Hematite (10 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Jade (110 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Sard (40 gp). Blue diamond (7000 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Hematite (10 gp). White opal (900 gp). Jade (110 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Jade (110 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Citrine (40 gp).