Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and tends to wear a pastel poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is long and golden with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small pastel clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His first spouse was a Painter, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1000 gp. Hematite (15 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. He has wavy black hair. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1500 gp. Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Weaver. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has a crush on the local ruler

Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Military, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Moonstone (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs and is in decent physical shape. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Violet garnet (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Painter profession.

History: Gifted from a young age, Caeldrim studied abroad. His childhood dream was to be a Painter, but he was a colossal failure. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Painter again.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 110 pp.