Description: 5'4" and muscular, this eastern man is dressed in an above average manner. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Rael is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Architect and was forced into it by his family; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1200 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a violet costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: Paelias was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 100 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 5'0", this man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are green.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Aramil will drive conversation. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 2000 gp. Red spinel (160 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.