Description: He is lean but muscular and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is a Gardener first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Zedaar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a green poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, and carries scythes. He has dyed his greying gray fur a little too much giving a sharp gray color. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gifted student he started as a Locksmith, but he got bored and became a Adventurer. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He wears a black vest and prefers white and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are silver.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Akmen's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. After coming to the age of reason, Akmen took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Jasper (80 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has shaved his head bald. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Bookbinder business.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. 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 Bookbinder. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 4000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Sard (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). White opal (600 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.