The Ace of Spades

After a decade of solving the city’s most baffling mysteries, Nick Spade has established himself as Zephyr City’s premier private investigator. This brooding dick has a veiled past, an insightful mind, a stalwart sense of justice, and a dapper black hat. Nick’s cases have taken him to places all over the city from the city pound to City Hall. With his quick wit and quicker mind, there isn’t a thing that makes it past this detective’s keen eyes. Those who know him usually call him Nick. Those who don’t simply refer to him as the Ace of Spades.

Mother of Bots

Betty Lockheart is a young upstart inventor and creator of Betty-Bots TM Betty is a scatterbrained ramble master with a caring soul: traits which also come to life in the personalities of her creations. She looks up to her uncle Thomas – another famous engineering businessman in Zephyr City – as the epitome of intelligence and success. Her uncle has a strong influence on Betty, but the love she has for her father Sherman is unmatched. The two have a strong bond. Even after she strode out to find success on her own in Zephyr City, the two make time to meet every week at their favorite diner for breakfast. When Sherman never showed up to their regular meetup, Betty was sure something was wrong. Months later, the rest of the Z.C.P.D. has given up looking for the lost officer. With nowhere left to turn, Betty ends up on the stoop of Zephyr City’s Ace of Spades – Gizbo in tow – to hopefully find what has become of her wayward father.

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Betty-Bott TM model GZ-80 is a feat of engineering genius brought to you by Betty Lockheart. Like all Betty-Bots, Gizbo is an automaton unlike any other that you will find in Zephyr City. He runs on readily available O.E.M. or third-party steam cells operating on a tri-tiered performance spec based on cell capacity and usage. Though, there is perhaps some additional spark that sets Gizbo apart from the rest of his kind. Developed with the intention of aiding in investigations, Gizbo was originally created as an aid for Betty’s father Sherman on the Z.C.P.D. After Sherman’s recent disappearance, Gizbo finds himself in the service of Zephyr City’s own Nick Spade.

K.O.

Knockout is her maiden name, and she keeps it like a badge of honor. She knows exactly how to play to her strengths as a sensual demure woman. Using the tools at her disposal, she can get almost anything she desires. Married to a high-ranking banker at Cirrus National Bank, she lives a comfortable life in the lap of luxury. Not all that glitters is gold, it seems, as Shirley suspects her husband of being unfaithful. Now fate has brought her to the office of the only man in town who can make heads or tails of the situation.

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Lester Watts is a police detective for the Zephyr City Police Department. He was also Sherman Lockheart’s partner and best friend before his disappearance. He loves to lighten the mood, always telling jokes, which was always in stark contrast to Sherman’s rigid and serious persona. He took pride in being one of the few people that could always make Sherman laugh. Even though the rest of the department seems to be content in shelving the case of the missing officer, Watts refuses to give up the trail.

the songbird

Primrose is the daughter of Mayor Arnold Cadwell. At a young age she took an interest in music. The moment she was old enough to venture out on her own, she set out to make her fortune as a singer. Partly because of her father’s name, but mostly because of her perfect storm of talent, beauty, and charisma, Primrose quickly rose in the scene as a young superstar. Primrose is headstrong, ambitious, and independent-minded. Much like her father, she has a knack for the game of politics which she uses to her advantage when negotiating with managers and record labels.

Aliens!!!

Ray has lived in Zephyr City Park for over 20 years. He’s seen a lot of strange stuff over the years. To Ray, Aliens are a very real part of this world; he’s not afraid to share this with everyone he meets.Unfortunately for Nick Spade, Ray also happens to be the last person to see Sherman Lockheart alive before his disappearance.