Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing a long, yellow cloak, and is pretty ugly. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Detective but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. 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: Seeks redemption; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he tends to wear a large white jacket. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. A friendly and beautiful Human, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

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. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has achieved small success as a Ploughman.

Motivation: To be a Performer again; and doesn't want to be a ploughman and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He carries with him a set of halberds, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has no hair. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. 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: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. 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: He's repulsed by the PC; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He wears professional attire. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

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 Human in existence. The war was a terrible time for him, and Bernard does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He bought a glaive and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man wears a green cloak and cross-gartered white stockings, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate.