Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He tends to wear a large green jacket. His hair is short and purple. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. 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: Bathin lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Bathin was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and balancing his hectic life and new dilettante responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Family, Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 40 pp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady red eyes.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Gifted from a young age, Pyxrin studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Pyxrin took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. After a long history of fighting, Pyxrin and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 3'6" and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His head has been shaved. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. He found a children's book about a Gnome Bard who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a grey shirt with thin violet vertical stripes and blue pants. He has wavy silver hair. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Travok wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Barbarian, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Travok was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Engraver work with an outfit from a few towns over. Engraver work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to be a butcher again

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her crest, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Surina never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 90000 cp. Bloodstone (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. Her black fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her yellow eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born into a rich family. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Star rose quartz (50 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her tied-back hair is white. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1000 pp. Moss agate (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Amber (120 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Jade (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.