Description: This western man wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His clothes are grease stained in places. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Beggar business.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Malachite (10 gp).

Description: He stands about 4'8" and typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is long and silver with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Aust was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'7" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a blue Stetson hat and blue clothes. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born in the south to a Sculptor, Berrian learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. 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 Sculptor. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and a strong sense of loyalty to elven people

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2000 gp. Coral (70 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp).