Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He dresses like a well dressed Bather does. His hair is cut close to his head. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He got into the Bather business at a young age. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Burgell alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bather responsibilities is difficult.

Bonds: Job, Poor, Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 600 gp. White opal (600 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a pastel shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and tan pants. He has wavy red fur. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady yellow eyes.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 700 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat. She has shaved her head bald. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Elven conditions. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Impulsive, Racist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Coral (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp).

Description: He stands about 3'1" and wears a simple white robe with violet stripes complete with hood. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Radomir will drive conversation. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born in the south. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Extrovert, Justice. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 30000 sp.

Description: An older man who wears silk and lounges about seductively, he is not a threatening figure. He has wavy chestnut hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Tiefling in existence. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tieflings.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Human activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Human doctor. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Human people; and he is greedy

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He sports a flattop crest cut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Donaar was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Family, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 270 pp. Violet garnet (1100 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'11" when asserting herself. She has styled her blue hair well, parting it to the right. Her eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. After a long history of fighting, Sekhmet and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Smoky quartz (70 gp).

Description: He wears baggy white pantaloons and a tan scarf. He is portly but not overly obese. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted, Artistic, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has silver hair. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. 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 into a rich family. Agnes liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.