Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He comes from a rich western family. A freak accident while working with his Fisher father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. He has no hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He worked as a nervous Bather and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and balancing his hectic life and new bather responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Sard (80 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Interpreter. Her hair is auburn and curly. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she is greedy

Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This malnourished man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Galinndan was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Galinndan alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He now owns his own business.

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

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He is portly but not overly obese. His bronze crest is braided into rings. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Donaar will drive conversation. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Fortune-teller but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Extrovert, Pacifist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears a pastel collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His fur is black, silky, and of moderate length. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 51. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is a great chef.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Hourglass.

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her brass crest is heavily combed to the left. She has red eyes and a black hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is content

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Server

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is dressed in a clean yellow cloak covering his clean studded leather. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To be a Engraver again.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A 4'9" northern woman, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She keeps her long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker, Philantrophist. Bonds: Mentor, Attractive. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 200 sp.