" &image=ctgic; &style=stDetail1;04/17/2006 Life in Vana'diel&style;&br; &style=stDetail2;Puppetmaster&style;&br; &br; The exciting new jobs in Treasures of Aht Urhgan--the puppetmaster!&br;&br; &li=ng01;Traditional Performances and Cutting-Edge Craftsmanship&li;&br; &image=im00;&image=391_1.png; Come one, come all!&br;See the amazing walking, talking, sleeping, fighting Muffin the Automaton tell the tale of the "Happy Red Spring"!&br;Will Muffin ever find the face she was truly meant to wear?&br;- From the introduction to "The Seven Faces of Muffin"&image=im00;&br; For years, puppeteers have been entertaining crowds with their skillful manipulation of artfully crafted marionettes.&br;But with the recent development of the "automaton," a semi-automated puppet without the need for strings, the uses for a puppeteer's talents suddenly expanded to the fields of agriculture, fishing, industry, and even combat. In any era, there is always a need for specialists to master new types of technology. And the puppetmaster has stepped forward--a special breed of puppeteers that customize their automatons with ingenious attachments and use a controller known as an "animator" to transmit commands. Puppetmasters also sometimes find it necessary to protect themselves from advocates of simpler times, and are rarely seen without a pair of sainti--their hand-to-hand weapon of choice.&br;Let us take a closer look at this fascinating profession...&image=im00;&br; "