Description: He is in excellent shape and wears suspenders and pastel workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy pastel leather apron most of the time. His head has been shaved. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Herbalist business.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Brown diamond (5000 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Jet (120 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born in the north to a Stylist, Heian learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. A gifted student he started as a Painter, but he got bored and became a Stylist. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Painter again.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and likes to wear blue tank tops with tan pants. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Eiravel is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He bought a shortspear and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 80 pp. Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Fire opal (800 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has no hair. He has amber eyes and a red hat with a black feather.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Beiro grew up listening to his father's many stories. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Adventurer; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 pp. Black opal (900 gp). White opal (900 gp). Emerald (900 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Korfel hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Through the years after Korfel was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Korfel's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp).