Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears suspenders and green workpants. His shirt is violet, and he wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. His hair is silver and curly. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1300 sp. 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His tied-back hair is golden. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Miner profession.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 500 pp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Amber (120 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Jet (120 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a dull look in his black eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Amnon will drive conversation. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Detective profession.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying west to reunite his family. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Detective again.

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 5000 gp. Rose (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Jet (130 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Sard (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Caeldrim was born with his father's beautiful face. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1300 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His black hair is knotted and matted. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To be a Servant again.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 10000 gp. Obsidian (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Rose (20 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Rose (20 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Sard (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born to a Navigator, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. After a long history of fighting, Andry and her spouse have recently divorced.

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

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 190 pp. Eye agate (16 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He carries with him a set of glaives on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Travok speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Mundane. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a sickle, but if one is not available he will default to his longsword. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His dark red hair is smooth and relatively long. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His black hair is knotted and matted. He is baby faced.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Emotional, Disease. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Chrysoprase (50 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Jade (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.