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: He stands about 5'3" and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born in a small island village. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (60 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. He has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. He has a hunchback. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

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 always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To protect his home; and expand his business

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 pp. Citrine (60 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.