Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His tied-back hair is chestnut. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He's also a talented Mortician, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Slave. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He carries with him a set of sickles, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Elaim hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Barrister for hire.

Motivation: To be a Shepherd again.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1300 sp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he tends to wear a large brown jacket. His golden hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on her left hand. Her fur is short and cinnamon. Her copper eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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 a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the east were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 50000 cp. Peridot (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She wears a colorful flower in her orange fur. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has worked as a Performer like her father before her.

Motivation: To be a Blacksmith again; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 40000 cp. Black pearl (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. Her skin is dark but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and black handkerchief worn on her left side. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is a Barkeep first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. At a young age her father died while driving off some gnolls. Her mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in nunchaku use. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Nature, Immigrant, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: To be a Bowyer again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly whips and longbows. He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Olunt grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dwarven companion (his 'brother'). As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A 3'1" eastern woman, she wears tattered old clothes. Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 15000 sp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.