Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his whip with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He keeps his long gold crest kept up in a rat tail. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Heskan lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Heskan 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 Heskan. Recently the stress of being a Baker has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Flaws: Insane, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His black hair is braided into rings. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Eberk abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 2200 gp. Malachite (4 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp).

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His childhood dream was to be a Armorer, but he was a colossal failure. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Magnifying glass. 1 Bullseye lantern. 1 Small steel mirror.

Description: He stands about 6'2" and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing pastel cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His gold crest is greasy and uncared for. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1200 pp. Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.