Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears green trousers with red and yellow striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are white.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has worked as a Knight like her mother before her.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Job, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. She is an epitome of beauty. Her brown hair is still thick. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Elven activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Elven doctor. After a long history of fighting, Panana and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears black trousers with pastel and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She has done her best to style her white crest to look like a famous performer. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Tatyan's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. The war was a terrible time for her, and Tatyan does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Bather. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Bather for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 250 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp).

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He keeps his long black fur kept up in a rat tail. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Shifting was born the youngest of three triplets. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Lazy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears bulky blue painted plate armor. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Fibblestib was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Lazy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Good lock.