Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: Bernard hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Bernard lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Stableman, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has worked as a Architect like his father before him.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 27000 sp.

Description: This man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Painter born in the past three hundred years. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Tim was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Human activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Human doctor. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He likes to wear white tank tops with red pants. His golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bather. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Bookbinder. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born in the east to a Bookbinder, Diggory learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. A freak accident while working with his Ploughman mother left him crippled. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 4000 cp. Obsidian (5 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Amber (70 gp).