Professor Strix
Posts: 616
7/23/2016
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In DeviantArt, there is a meme in which people post 8 facts about their original character. But this is Fallen London, so it had to be 7.
The drill of this thread is simple: you post 7 interesting facts about your character(s), one fact per slot. (Naturally, no one will really enforce the 'one fact per slot' rule strictly, just don't write a lot - it's supposed to be a quick exercise. It's OK to make more than one post per character - I usually do it in DA every time I get bored, which means that some of my characters already have more than 100 facts under their belts.)
I'll start it to serve as an example:
7 facts about Professor Strix
1. "Strix" is her first name. Her full name is Strix van Allen (which is a fake name, by the way).
2. I know it makes her "Professor Van Allen", but I didn't know that FL had social interactions when I joined, so I registered her using the Brazilian naming convention of Title + First Name and I won't pay fate to change it.
3. She is in London for about three years now, two of which she spent becoming a POSI.
4. The Professor brought a bunch of useful skills from her vampire-hunting days in Surface, besides her knowledge in Chemistry, which explains why it took her so little time to raise to relevance.
5. Her specialty was extracting medicinal compounds from plants, which she tested with the help of her brother (a professor of Medicine).
6. She is a consultive detective, meaning that she mostly helps other detectives, spies and Constables as a CSI-for-hire and/or advice-dispenser, instead of looking for the criminals herself.
7. She also works currently as a guest lecturer at the University and will teach courses about subjects ranging from Prelapsarian Archeology to Chiropteromancy.
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"THIS SATURDAY, in MAHOGANY HALL, delight your eyes with the DARING FEATS of the DAPPER ESCAPIST. Gape at his CHARM and WIT and his CLEVER TRICKS OF ILLUSIONISM. No mirrors used."
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Amelia Syrus
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7/24/2016
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I personally like the professor's article on Mary Sue and Kukapetal summed it up well. But generally the term Mary Sue has changed from "that one Star Trek fanfic character who encompassed perfection and became the anti-thesis for original characters" to "this poorly developed character without any flaws" or "this poorly developed character that is only focused on a love interest." Though your mileage may vary on that since different circles carry different weights on what exactly is a Mary Sue and even by the core definition oddly goes against more popular characters in media.
Though if we're just focusing on roleplaying here than I feel like a lot of characters are going to encompass at least 1 Mary Sue trait given the setting of Fallen London. The player character is practically a special snowflake that somehow beats a lot of odds and can manage a lot. You can write out a lot and change it to suit your character. But there's going to be some odd discrepancies on the overall story. It also helps to keep in mind that those who start roleplaying or those who just started writing tend to write Mary Sues. They just started, they don't really know the basic rules and are still learning and developing. The best anyone can do for beginners is just help them and allow them to develop their character the way they see fit.
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Lamia Lawless
Posts: 604
7/25/2016
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Eglantine-Fox wrote:
The past isn't always as cut-and-dried as it seems, and there have been real historical people whose views or existence seem to contradict what is widely considered possible for their era.
Yeah, exactly this.
I think whenever we try for pure historical accuracy we set ourselves up for the Tiffany Problem.
"Walton" wrote:
Tiffany is a real attested medieval name, it's a variant of Theophania, it appears in twelfth century documents from Britain and France, and you cannot give it as a name to a character in a historical or fantasy setting because it looks too horribly modern.
What we "know" about the Victorian era is that it's stuffy, repressed, and bigoted. But that's a broad generalization and doesn't cover a lot of nuances. And in any era, there were always people who went against the grain, and people who managed to live happily as they were. Just look at the Ladies of Llangollen. They were a couple, everyone in their life knew they were a couple, and this was treated as normal by their friends.
There are a lot of things we assume wouldn't be possible in the Victorian era, that were. And there are things that are still disputed among historians, so to go ahead and set limits based on something even professionals can't be sure of isn't a good idea, in my opinion. And while I personally like to do my research and incorporate what I learn into roleplays, I don't think the average roleplayer should need a degree in history before they're allowed to create a character.
Fallen London's canon diverges from our history in many ways, too. There are same gender couples, and they're never remarked upon as taboo or special cases. Oscar Wilde disappeared due to Mysterious Circumstances brought about by Mr. Pages, so we can assume being sent to prison for having relationships with other men didn't happen. And it's possible to be openly acknowledged as a nonbinary person in FL canon. There's also no electricity or automobiles, even though there would have been both of those things by 1894. (And people go around calling each other 'dapper,' even though that term doesn't come about until the 20s. I blame the devils.)
And, to be perfectly honest, I would not want to roleplay in a setting where the roles I could play were limited by the biases of the time. There are players from all backgrounds, and to tell them, "Sorry, you can't play a character who's too much like you. People like you were not historically accurate/could only be servants/had to live in secrecy and shame," would be doing them a huge disservice, and in effect be exclusionary to those players. This is obviously something that Failbetter's writers themselves realized a long time ago, which is why we're able to play the game the way we can to begin with.
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Kukapetal
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7/24/2016
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Basically, a Mary-Sue is always "right." The Sue's perspective is the same as the absolute reality, which means they never need to learn anything, overcome any struggle, undergo any character development, or have their skewed perspective set straight by another character. They teach everyone in the story but no one needs to teach them anything, because their perspective is the same as the author's. Even if the author does try to give them a few character flaws, they will be purely cosmetic and not important to the plot.
Any problems Mary Sue has in the story will be solved by external forces. Does Mary-Sue worry that she's not good enough for her love interest? Will she have to learn to be more confident or find a way to prove to him that she's worthy or come to realize that his respect is not worth earning and it's more important what she thinks of herself? NO! Any of those things would require character development! She won't need to do anything but mope and wait and eventually he'll come to her and tell her she's a amazing and to never doubt herself because he thinks she's perfect.
Whew! That's a relief! For a second I thought something interesting might happen! :P
Some people think being a Mary-Sue has more to do with being overly beautiful or having really over the top magic powers or a super tragic backstory, and while it's true that lots of Sues do have these traits, it's likely because they are both end products of the same thing-bad writing. A bad writer is more likely to write a Sue, and a bad writer is more likely to write cheesy, overly dramatic backstories, overdo their characters powers, or focus too much on their character's appearance.
However, in reality, there are many Sues who do not have these traits and many well-written characters who do, so it's best not to focus on them. It's the lack of an internal, character-driven struggle that defines a Mary-Sue.
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Lamia Lawless
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7/23/2016
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1. The name 'Lamea Lawless' was one I picked at random when I signed up, before I ever thought of roleplaying Lamia. I was thinking of the snake woman from Greek mythology. Also, I misspelled it. I only recently fixed the spelling, but I changed the history behind the name.
2. Relatedly, Lamia is an Arabic name. I can't get a consensus from my internet, er, "research" as to whether it means "bright, shining one" or "she with the dark lips." But Lamia is not Arabian.
3. Lamia spent a significant portion of her youth in India. But she's not Indian. She's very secretive about her ethnic make-up. She's half-English, but won't talk about the other half. It's entirely possible she's taciturn about it specifically to spite people who spend too much time scrutinizing other people's bloodlines.
4. Lamia is a person of appetites. Not for the usual debaucheries, but for mysteries and knowledge. She's also a huge gourmand. As a result, she's particularly susceptible to Unaccountably Peckish. She never goes Seeking, though, because she already has an obsession. (Spoilers: It's Hell.)
5. Lamia's favorite food is pickles. They go a long way towards combating those passing bouts of Unaccountably Peckish.
6. Lamia once posed nude for a painting for the Repentant Forger, with the understanding that she would be the one to take the painting home. There was some miscommunication, there. It's been circulating around London for a while, and she finally tracked it down in the possession of a man who's claiming both that he painted it, and that she shared a drink with him afterwards. Vengeance is imminent.
7. On that note, Lamia doesn't drink. She doesn't use laudanum, or any of the other medicines of the era containing things like alcohol and opium. She doesn't take Prisoner's Honey, either. But she's not part of the Temperance movement.
Note: Please don't use this information ICly if it hasn't come up in any roleplays yet. For instance, lots of people would be able to notice that she sticks to her Darjeeling, but unless they've been snooping, they wouldn't know about India or Lamia's occasional Unaccountable Binges. (If they do snoop, that's something I want to write out "on-screen.")
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Passionario
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7/23/2016
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1. Passionario is a bastard, both figuratively and literally. Given that he was born in a highly religious culture where infidelity was considered a mortal sin, this fact has colored his perception of the world and of himself.
2. "Passionario" was a spy code name that he decided to keep after one of his earlier operations. He no longer remembers his real name. His current moniker in the Game is "Rook", because of his straightforward methods and long reach.
3. While he was eyeless, he navigated through the world by listening to a chorus of whispering voices inside his head. The one time their advice failed him, it resulted in him getting kicked out by the Masters.
4. His Neathy marriage to the Celebrated Model is completely devoid of love, passion or tenderness. He wanted status, she wanted money, and both of them routinely cheat on each other.
5. At zee, he has been known to engage in a peculiar sort of piracy, wherein he invites the crew and passengers of another ship to board his pleasure yacht for a hedonistic celebration. While they're preoccupied, their own vessel is stripped of all valuables. The victims are usually too embarrassed or hungover to press charges.
6. Passionario is a covert supporter of the Brimstone Convention and wants the Iron Republic to be erased like a bad memory.
7. He gave up Seeking the Name twice. The Name never gave up on Seeking him.
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Kukapetal
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7/31/2016
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I'm starting to think we should form a support group for characters who can't remember their original name :P
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Eglantine-Fox
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7/24/2016
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The Vikings, as the word for Norsemen going a-viking, sure did kill people (though not mercilessly, they actually took a bunch of captives for ransom or for sale), but they also settled in a bunch of places, and traded in a tonne more. There are runes that say 'Halfdan wrote this' on the Hagia Sophia. They traded with the Byzantine Empire, which was multi-ethnic and spawned by the Roman Empire which was even more so - black legionaries are an attested fact, and they served their time in the army because at the end they became citizens, and could settle wherever in that wide, wide empire. And the Vikings did encounter the Moors, and visit Morocco. Eric the Red, in fact, had a navigator called Thorhall who was described as 'swarthy' and "a large man, and strong, black and like a giant." Who was well acquainted with uncharted parts.
Books are full of the rare and unlikely. It just depends what sort thereof a reader is willing to accept. (Is Patroclus a Sue because he has sex with Achilles? Alexander the Great must be a Sue, look at him taming that horse and conquering so much land!)
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The Absurd Rogue
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7/23/2016
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True Facts about Ezekiel the Consumed
1. Ezekiel does not have a brain or central nervous system due to his fungal form. Instead, he stores memories in every cell of his body similar to the way an octopus does. As far as humans go, Ezekiel has genius-level intellect.
2. Ezekiel is thoroughly disgusted by the sight of human consumption of things. He has to look away when people take bites of their meals, but has largely gotten over people drinking around him, although he doesn't like it.
3. Ezekiel feels pain, but doesn't find it fully unpleasant or pleasant, just THERE. The only sensation he dislikes is the feeling of tight clothes and the few sensations he does like is feeling up rusty cutlery for their texture.
4. Ezekiel is blind, deaf and dumb when controlling a body, but he has since learned to grow his own ears and vocal chords. He uses echo-location and smell to "see".
5. Ezekiel does not drink the vinegar.
6. A trickster at heart, EZ always enjoys catching other humanlike off balance. Usually, this involves mercilessly teasing Eli in public. Since the first time that EZ was in a body when it died, he has since become far more solemn.
7. EZ is a knowledge sponge, possessing a photographic memory and being able to re-create voices and sounds with remarkable accuracy only having heard them once. He technically has a doctorate, but Benthic wouldn't aware it to him when they found out about the whole mushroom thing. He possesses great vengeance in his heart because of this.
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"There is never another story. There is only one, and I try to tell it with every page. I fail, and I try again. There are no new stories; I have this one."
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Professor Strix
Posts: 616
7/24/2016
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Professor Sketch wrote:
While I mostly agree what you've said, I think that even a well written character who has extremely over the top traits can be considered a Mary Sue. A character in a story taking place in medieval England who rails against Christianity and stands valiantly up for gay rights can be very compelling, very well written, and develop over the course of the plot, but it doesn't change the fact that, were their character written logically, they would be burned at the stake. Therefore, they are still a Mary Sue. An example outside of just historical accuracy would be a very well written character who is the son of a character in the original author's world that would have no reason to have a son. Sure, Jesus having a kid who goes on to prevent the Crusades from ever happening is quite an interesting story, but nevertheless Savior Jr.'s name will always be Mary Sue Christ.
My fellow professor, it's the first time I see someone using this definition for Mary Sue, and for good reason: "Mary Sue" is a label hurled at a badly written character. If a character is good, it's not a Mary Sue. What you are describing can be either described as "historically inaccurate", in the case of the black viking and the medieval gay rights activist or a "canon-breaker" in the case of the son of Christ, but they are not bad characters (thus not Mary Sues) by themselves. There is this big genre called Fantasy, which have a subgenre called Alternative History, in which those characters would fit in without any major issue.
Personally, I tried to make a typology of Mary Sues in the article I linked in my sleep haze last night, trying to find objective criteria in the character itself that could lead them to be labeled a "Mary Sue", but it's an old article. The more I age, the more I frequent forums and talk with writers and critics, the more I'm convinced that things work like that:
If I don't like the book or the author, it's a "historical inaccuracy", if I like the book/author, it's an "artistic license".
If I like the character or the author, it's a "wish-fulfillment character". If I don't like them for whatever pet peeve I might have against them, it's a "Mary Sue".
That said, I would argue that yes, as I discussed in my old article, the worst the writing, the easier for a character to be labeled a Mary Sue. Maybe there is a bonus dash of underlying sexism in the fact that characters that fulfill female fantasies are always Mary Sues, while characters that fulfill male fantasies are simply "awesome", but it's a discussion for another topic. Maybe we should create a topic for discussion of Mary-Sueness? It does interest roleplayers, and I don't think it would be too off-topic in this forum, maybe in the Surface sub-forum.
Edit: caught typos and incorrectly-used words.
edited by Professor Strix on 7/24/2016
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"THIS SATURDAY, in MAHOGANY HALL, delight your eyes with the DARING FEATS of the DAPPER ESCAPIST. Gape at his CHARM and WIT and his CLEVER TRICKS OF ILLUSIONISM. No mirrors used."
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Barse
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7/23/2016
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1. He is hardly ever seen in public with skin showing. He's as coy about it as a Tomb-Colonist, and for not dissimilar reasons.
2. He has a peculiar tic that manifests when he is distracted or nervous, a seven-fold tapping rhythm. He developed the habit recently, after overcoming a most troubling obsession. If he catches himself doing it, he stops immediately.
3. He loves his old Pleasure Yacht so much that he saved it from the zeebed around Void's Approach and sails the old husk still.
4. He's the editor-in-chief of a Calendar Council propaganda pamphlet called "The Wayward Echo", although recently the publishing schedule has been a little erratic.
5. He has a small room in the bottommost hold of his ship filled with small, mirror-lined boxes. Make of that what you will.
6. He has a keen interest in archaeology, and when in London can often be found combing through the Forgotten Quarter with uncharacteristic glee.
7. Try as he might, he just cannot get The Cat's Chiefest Claw out of mind, much to the chagrin of his poor Boneless Consort.
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Shadowcthuhlu
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7/23/2016
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7 Facts about Dirae Erinyes
1. Despite rumors to the contrary, they were not kicked out of court due to their blasphemous opera. They were kicked out due to their water ballet, which only got as a far as Dirae Erinyes flooding the throne room. Their defense is that the choreography needed a bigger body of water then the garden could provide.
2. They were at one point engaged to the Celebrated's Artist Model, due to a surface level attraction to their looks and figuring why not. They had given up on love at this point, and figured it would be just a more expensive courtship - a pleasant distraction but nothing serious. In the middle of this courtship, she met Evensong. The rest is history. While Dirae Erinyes doesn't view the Celebrated Artist Model with enmity, the amount of bombs sent to their address with a certain scented stationary reveals the Celebrated Artist Model may feel otherwise.
3. Dirae Erinyes has given up seeking the name, even if they can't fully escape it's echoes in London. They however, have refused to give up their scars, especially on the soul. They find it useful in finding devils that appreciate them for more then their soul.
4. Dirae Erinyes is fascinated by the academic pursuit of history. While they have researched deeply in the fourth city, the rumor of a second city of Egyptian origin is their personal goal as they dig through the quarter. Egyptian mythology and magic was a personal obsession of their parents, and they would be interested in seeing how it changed in the Neath.
5. Dirae Erinyes is had two names previously. The first was Subject Five, as given to them by their parents. Galatea was the next named, given to her by her first wife, Morning Glory. Dirae Erinyes was the first time they had named themselves. Evensong has declined the offer of bestowing a new name.
6. Dirae Erinyes has a legitimate love of terrible penny dreadfuls. They claim that they spent so much time writing gothic novels of such terrible quality on the surface that they can't help loving the art form.
7. Dirae Erinyes has some very pointed opinions about Frankenstein. Most of them are about bad parenting. A few of them are about the issues of using the process vaguely described in the novel. One of them is about the unnecessary need to create other creatures just for a date.
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Kukapetal
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7/23/2016
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Dean Lee wrote:
2. (this is the Mary Sue bit) He was originally from another world, the Lovecraft one, which parallels the Neath much like parabola.
That's not Sue-ish at all. The thing that makes a Sue is having no internal struggles to overcome. RPing someone from a different world can actually provide a fresh and interesting perspective. I think your character's backstory sounds just fine 
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Kukapetal
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7/23/2016
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The Absurd Rogue wrote:
4. Elias has published multiple philosophical and poetical works of literature under the pen name "Anton Chekov"
Hey, looks like I can blame Eli for one of the most miserable units I ever had to sit through in my old high school Literature class. Shoulda left him in that oubliette :P
anyway...
7 true facts about Flesh-Stick (my version of him, anyway, not the original version...though some could apply to the original version too I guess...and...oh, just read the darn thing!)
1. "Flesh-Stick" is obviously not his real name. He does not remember what his real name is.
2. Although he likes to run around without pants if he can get away with it, he NEVER takes off his mask in public. He considers exposing the face underneath to anyone other than a lover (or possibly a doctor if he has a killer zit or something) to be VERY perverted.
3. He dislikes sitting in chairs and prefers to flop down on the floor. He does sleep in a bed but sleeps curled up unless there is someone in the bed with him, in which case he will sleep with his arms around them. This can get annoying for those who need their space. Fleshy is not good at giving people space.
4. Before coming to the Neath, he was involved in human trafficking. Nearly all of said humans died horribly. He has been severely punished for this, but still gets weepy and ashamed when remembering it. Considers the horror and misery the Neath heaps upon him to be justly deserved.
5. Although mostly unconcerned with his appearance, his mohawks are his pride and joy. He dislikes studying the Correspondence for obvious reasons. He is a redhead underneath all the hair dye.
6. Was thrown out by his mother at a very young age. However, he has repressed this memory and thinks she is simply lost. He often worries about her or asks people if they've seen her...or if they ARE her.
7. Although his mask hides them, Flesh-Stick has freckles
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Eglantine-Fox
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7/23/2016
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Seven Facts about Eglantine
1. Sold their soul once, and loved it. No hard feelings toward the devil responsible, even after getting it back.
2. They're actually quite intelligent, and exceedingly curious, but the hedonistic dandy act is a good way to avoid having to think about things they're hiding from. Pleasure-seeking is their way of getting some temporary peace of mind.
3. Eglantine's sentimental, and if you come to them needing help, it's entirely likely that you'll get it.
4. They come from a wealthy and respectable family in Wales. Eglantine has discarded that respectability from a rather young age.
5. Their elder brother was the biggest influence for them to take up crime, seductions and other dubious pursuits, following in his footsteps.
6. They relish their ambiguity of gender, but find themself presenting a bit more masculine more often, because it's the easier path to having others treat them with basic human respect.
7. Worryingly fascinated by devils. There are Reasons they keep a good supply of burn cream, and those reasons are scandalous ones.
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Amyntas
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7/23/2016
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1. Amyntas is not only a habitual crossdresser, but is part of a small group of men who make a habit of dolling themselves up and hitting Veilgarden on wilder nights.
2. Amyntas is married. Possibly to a dockworker, possibly to a criminal. He's also seen with a semi-successful author that regularly dresses up like a large bird. Nobody seems to know why any of this is so.
3. Amyntas does not have a soul. Having some rather weighty contacts in the Brass Embassy, it's only natural that a Devil would eventually come calling with a considerable offer.
4. Amyntas has a watch with an uncountable number of hands, pointing to all the times it currently isn't. It's very loud and hard to read.
5. Amyntas loved a clay woman once. Or a dockworker. Or both, of course. It's hard to say. In either case, it probably wasn't the Pirate-Poet.
6. Amyntas may have a bottle of M____s B___d, or he may just say that so the revolutionaries he rubs shoulders with think he's a big deal.
7. Amyntas' true loyalties lie with the Masters, which is fundamentally unalike to being aligned with the Bazaar. It's unclear why, as none of them seem especially interested in him.
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absimiliard
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7/23/2016
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Okay, this sounds fun, I'm in.
7 Facts about Absimiliard:
1. They've been heard to claim the tiger Dawon is their cousin.
2. They almost never remove their spectacles in public.
3. They claim their first memory is of falling into the Unterzee near Irem.
4. They were raised aboard ship in the Captain's cabin as a cabin boy.
5. They are a widow, or widower, .. . their wife is lost forever.
6. They are more familiar with Classical history and literature than modern.
7. They play the guitar and sing of loss and endings.
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Eating nightmares from friends -- and I'm easy to befriend.
Absimiliard: the Black Rose of Wolfstack Docks
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Dean Lee
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7/23/2016
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7 "facts" on Dean Lee. Quotes are b/C his character is still in flux a bit, tryna avoid making him too Mary Sue.
1. Dean is an old title, he was Dean of Miskatonic University.
2. (this is the Mary Sue bit) He was originally from another world, the Lovecraft one, which parallels the Neath much like parabola.
3. He was sent through against his will.
4. He was a professor of Botany.
5. He wanted to go home for a long time, he is no longer so sure.
6. He is still very academically curious.
7. He desires peace, contentment, and the satisfaction of curiosity.
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Dean Lee
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7/24/2016
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Kukapetal wrote:
Dean Lee wrote:
2. (this is the Mary Sue bit) He was originally from another world, the Lovecraft one, which parallels the Neath much like parabola.
That's not Sue-ish at all. The thing that makes a Sue is having no internal struggles to overcome. RPing someone from a different world can actually provide a fresh and interesting perspective. I think your character's backstory sounds just fine
Thanks Kuka 
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Eglantine-Fox
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7/24/2016
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Black Viking isn't actually as good an example: there's historical precedent for that. Not least because the Vikings traded so far afield, brought thralls home, and some of those thralls made new Viking-lets along the way. There's historical precedent for a lot of things, if you look hard enough, past the layers of it being buried under 'would never happen.'
The past isn't always as cut-and-dried as it seems, and there have been real historical people whose views or existence seem to contradict what is widely considered possible for their era.
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Eglantine Fox, the charming and androgynous Correspondent, teetering between hobbies of seduction and self-destruction.
Siobhan O'Malley, Irish patriot (or 'bl__dy Fenian' if you're impolite).
Isidore Day, an up-and-coming London gentleman. All allegations of wrongdoing are categorically denied.
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Shadowcthuhlu
Posts: 1557
7/24/2016
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I for one would totally pick to play a black viking in a rp as a love letter to all the terrible movies and books that have had black vikings.
As for the mary sue, I believe the simple definition of "perfect at everything" or "has the whole world revolves around them" is perfect for the Fallen London Roleplay. Quite a few characters here are canon-breakers (myself included) partially due the rules of what's possible and what's not being pretty damn obscure. However, I like to think we have all presented some pretty compelling characters.
(For those worrying that they have created mary-sues, chant the following phrase: "Relax, it's just a roleplay.")
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https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Dirae%20Erinyes. Closed to calling cards, but open for all other social action. I also love to roleplay.
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Appolonia
Posts: 248
7/24/2016
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Seven facts about Appolonia
1. She is from Bavaria, and came to the Neath following her father, a very talented violin player. He is not her mother’s husband, who was the Herzog von Ravenscroft.
2. She is best known as a composer of operas, and of other music, poetry, and short stories. Her most recent opera was called The Drowning Feast. She has performed at Mahogany Hall as an opera singer, and as a ballerina. She is a strictly mediocre violin player.
3. She owns a newspaper that is more like a literary magazine. It is called The Winding Sheet. Most content is presented in the format of fictional obituaries, for people, ideas, or fashions.
4. She enjoys many Bohemian pursuits, including honey dreaming and drinking absinthe. But, she still attends mass daily at the cathedral of St. Fiacre.
5. She is a scholar of dreams, and a student of the correspondence.
6. She has a luxuriantly-coiffed sorrow spider that functions as a chaperone and bodyguard. She also is presently training a small family of sorrow spider hatchlings to some purpose. Her name is whispered – chittered? – in the Observatory and at Saviour’s Rocks.
7. She has been seen with several gentleman suitors in the last year, but she has never been engaged or married.
(And, of course, she enjoys chess and conversation if anyone is using this thread to look for folks to roleplay with.)
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Sara Hysaro
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7/31/2016
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Sara Hysaro:
1. Can't remember anything prior to her arrival in the Neath some years ago beyond a strange forest and a mysterious Temple
2. Fiercely opposed to all forms of anarchy, especially the Liberation of Night, and will be uncharacteristically open about her disapproval
3. Possesses a rather excessive wines collection, and is prone to troublesome headaches. The former is commonly blamed for the latter by those who know of her
4. Runs the Betrayers' Club around Hallowmas, and gets incredibly excited about it starting right after the end of the Fruits of the Zee Festival
5. Gets slightly agitated around Christmas decorations
6. Loyal only to the Masters, though she's also fond of the Church, Constables, and the Great Game
7. Fond of white and red clothing, and wears a necklace with a small green crystal
Meta 8th fact - Sara Hysaro is named after a Final Fantasy 1 White Mage character I made up as a teenager. She's been paradoxed out of existence in her home world, and of course deprived of her magic.
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Please do not send SMEN, cat boxes, or Affluent Reporter requests. All other social actions are welcome.
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Passionario
Posts: 777
8/1/2016
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Kukapetal wrote:
I wasn't talking about characters who had to change their names, I was talking about the characters who don't even remember their original name. I was surprised to find my character in esteemed company here :P
The combination of irrigo and red honey can do funny things to one's memory. Passionario has overlapping memories of the Surface wherein he is called by over a dozen different names. Maybe one of them is real, maybe none are.
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Passionario: Profile, Story, Ending
Passion: Profile, Appearance
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Eglantine-Fox
Posts: 872
7/28/2016
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Seven facts about Siobhan:
1. She never knew her mother's parents: they died during the Famine, along with all but one of her mother's siblings.
2. On her father's side, she's descended of the O'Malleys, the ones that spawned Gráinne Ní Mháille, or Grace O'Malley. She's very proud of this, and considers Grace O'Malley an inspiration.
3. She's been influenced by ardent Irish nationalists from a young age, at least one of whom has paid a high price for his activities since. It's why she came to the Neath - to understand London, and find out if there was a chance to either cut it off from the surface entirely or act during its times of weakness/distraction, so that an Irish uprising might succeed.
4. Siobhan has put the work in, to pick up the Scottish Gaelic, since it is with effort somewhat mutually intelligible with her own Irish Gaelic, and doing so opens up more avenues for conversation.
5. She's still loosely Catholic - she was more devout when young, and even dreamed of becoming a nun until her child self discovered how much 'doing what you're told' was involved in a nun's life. Now she's something of a lapsed Catholic, and doing a number of things that would count as sins.
6. She's head-over-heels in love with Elias Lowe. She wasn't expecting or planning any kind of romance, and is having to come to terms with the fact that emotional attachments might keep her in London for more reasons than her original goals.
7. She loathes the Traitor-Empress with a deep and abiding hatred, considering her a murderer for presiding over the taking of Irish food to England while Irish people were starving to death. She's not really much of a killer by inclination, but she probably would kill the Empress if she could get away with it.
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Eglantine Fox, the charming and androgynous Correspondent, teetering between hobbies of seduction and self-destruction.
Siobhan O'Malley, Irish patriot (or 'bl__dy Fenian' if you're impolite).
Isidore Day, an up-and-coming London gentleman. All allegations of wrongdoing are categorically denied.
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ClearFavourite
Posts: 50
7/30/2016
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Aylen Saqui, the Boisterous Detective!
1: Her prized revolver is completely and utterly ordinary. It is, however, a very good weapon; an 1878 produced Colt Single Action Army, imported from the Surface at some cost and then lost in a drinking contest with the young lady.
2: In spite of never having served in any military, and would indeed likely be too young to, she introduces herself as Lieutenant Saqui; this is because she was a Lieutenant in the Regiment, and still clings to that rank.
3: Her name is Mapuche, and means "Clear Favourite". Or "Happiness Favourite", depending, but Clear Favourite is a lot more fun a name.
4: In spite of her Native American name, she's actually the bastard child of someone from the Presbyterate. Likely an envoy or a diplomat. Or a spy, but that's basically the same thing.
5: She got the significant scarring on her face by falling out of the Flit and onto a fire. How exactly this happened she isn't sure, but it was definitely not a fun time.
6: She only does detective work on crimes she deems "dishonest". Like spirifage, cannibalising, and the other darker sides of crime. Nothing like stealing from rich people, smuggling jade, or vandalism.
7: Her detective skills are basically gut instinct and punching people until they tell her the truth. Maybe not the best detective in London.
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The Absurd Rogue
Posts: 1049
7/30/2016
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EmberAshe wrote:
Aylen Saqui, the Boisterous Detective!
1: Her prized revolver is completely and utterly ordinary. It is, however, a very good weapon; an 1878 produced Colt Single Action Army, imported from the Surface at some cost and then lost in a drinking contest with the young lady
6 bullets! More than enough to kill anything that moves!
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Vavakx Nonexus
Posts: 892
7/31/2016
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7 Only-Half-Lies about yours truly, the Deranged Solicitor:
1) They play a strange instrument, called a 'Hurdy Gurdy', which they got from a friend (or a 'friend') at the Iron Republic.
2) They had a different name, back at the Surface. It is, most probably, lost to the ages.
3) The Solicitor knows not what the Republic changed within them, but speak of 'Impulce' and 'Momentum' London lacks in comparison.
4) Their eyesight is damaged, and they must resort to cleverly placed lenses in their mask to improve their sight.
5) Half their regular revenue comes from Illegally trading souls. The other half? Accusing others of illegally trading souls.
6) They have tasted almost everything there is to taste down here. Laudanum? 77 bottles in their home. Sunlight? They boast a slight and uneven tan. Honey? Do you even need to ask?
7) They Do Not Seek, Will Never Seek, And Have Never Sought. They Do Not Support This Senseless Endeavor.
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Amets Estibariz, the Moulting Eidolon: Cradled by a sun all their own.
Blabbing, the Hobo Everyone Knows: The One Who Pulls The Strings. A Clarity In The Darkness.
Charlotte and the Caretaker: A family?
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Hark DeGaul
Posts: 208
7/31/2016
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Seven Facts about Hark DeGaul (I'll do my various alts later):
1) Hark DeGaul is actually their real name. Parents sometimes hate either convention or their children or both.
2) Hark was born on a lightship near the Empire of Hands. As such they have never seen the Surface and spent most of their formative years fending off zee beasts, soul-hungry monkeys and unscrupulous dockers.
3) Hark is a firm patriot and a believer in the power of light to overcome darkness. As a firm supporter of the Dawn Machine, Hark sees London as it currently is as a shadow of what it could be and its various defenders as corrupt or too weak to escape the pocket of the Masters/devils/Khanate. They dream of one day bringing about new dawn and giving Britain dominance of the zee as well as the sea.
4) Hark really likes cats, the savager the better. A few cats can almost always be found nestling under their cloak. Starvelings make painful companions but excellent thrown weapons.
5) Hark has a cousin called Rhea who was recently freed from imprisonment with the aid of a number of friends and a dismissive protege. The whole process became very convoluted, but a round of applause to all involved!
6) A meta one, but Hark was actually not my first character. I began playing with my alt Hebediah, but I had an easier time characterising Hark and a number of trips to the Cave of Nadir with Hebediah left him lagging behind Hark in stats. And over time Hark became my favoured account.
7) Hark's eyes glow in dark. This is perfectly normal.
edited by Hark DeGaul on 7/31/2016
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The Dawn-Eyed Optician: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Hark%20DeGaul
That Vicar Who Ruined the Royal Wedding for Everyone (including himself): http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Hebediah%20Fix
The Dreaded Relative: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Your%20Aunt
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Edward Warren
Posts: 120
7/27/2016
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7 Facts about Edward Warren
1. He's a bad, bad man.
2. He might be a double agent of the Church trying sabotage Hell's operations from the inside. He also might be a triple agent of the Counter-Church trying to get the Bishop of Southwark's trust. Even he's not sure anymore.
3. Is a strong believer in predestination and considers himself and agent of God's will. Believes that if he can swindle someone out of their soul, they've done something to deserve damnation. It's this personal justification that drives him in search of more power, whatever the cost.
4. Has a legitimate soft spot for children. He can be ruthless, but on his worst day won't harm a hair on a kid's head. He even owned an orphanage, once...
5. Is surprisingly loyal to his personal allies. His loyalties to the factions proper of London are mercurial at best, but won't forget those he owes a favor. Perhaps it's for this reason he takes perceived betrayals quite harshly.
6. Has a gambling problem. While he usually advocates caution and subtlety, he has a personal weakness for games of chance. He enjoys the thrill of that comes from putting it all on the line when the chips are down. Part of his reason he came to the Neath was to engage in athe ultimate card game to win his Heart's Desire.
7. Has a strong affinity for finery. Two of his dearest, best-maintained possessions are his Parabola Suit and pair of Kingscale Boots. This is because he's internalized what guilt he has for his livelihood. He tries to cover up his inner "Ugliness" by putting on a cultured exterior.
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Swinging Dove
Posts: 24
7/27/2016
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Alright, sounds like fun!
Facts about Ron Morrison:
1. If one listens to him speak, a poor attempt to partially hide his Irish accent is apparent.
2. He was a member of the church on the surface. Not particularly a good man, perhaps even someone you could call corrupt, but nevertheless a man of pure faith in God. After he arrived to Fallen London and saw all of the wonders - devils, creatures from the wildest of nightmares... Well, the title of Deacon is purely decorative.
3. Ever since arriving into the Neath, Ronald has been facinated by mirrors. He does not know exactly what draws him to the reflections, but it is certainly not hedonism.
4. Ronald is a very ruthless man, and he is not afraid to show this fact. Well, perhaps only when attempting to fit in with the respectable folk... Those more acquainted with the man, or the people society labels as 'lower class' know not to cross him, however. Or that's what Ron tells himself.
5. Rubbery Men intrique him. Oh, not in THAT way, you deviate, no, rather in the fact that men with tentacles on their face tend to send shivers down his spine. And just a slight tingle of childlike wonder.
6. If asked whether he preferred bats to sharks, he would most definetly respond "None, you sod. Animals are truly useless for anything other than food. Well, unless they are sentient, or are worth more than a doctor's yearly salary. In that case..."
7. Ron does not enjoy violence. It seems so, yes, but Ron justifies any morally suspect actions of his with one simple rule - it was nescesarry for this particular endeavour. Whether or not this holds any truth, he daren't think of.
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http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Ron%20Morrison
Just who is Ronald?
Accepting all invitations and the like. Do come and get acquainted!
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Ami Miljkovich
Posts: 98
7/31/2016
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Soran:
1) Came from a rather wealthy family on the surface, until they were disowned in the wake of some major scandal during their late teens.
2) Their most popular literary work is a Gothic romance called Wings Above Hathaway Castle, a semi-autobiographical story about a noble woman who turns into a huge bat creature each night, and is treated like a monster by her family even though she never really hurts anyone.
3) They're pretty firmly loyal to the ruthless Masters, despite being one of my most Magnanimous characters. Why? Bats, that's why.
4) They've sold their soul on four separate occasions, all in the space of one month (though by now the poor good samaritans that kept returning it seem to have figured out that it's never going to stay put).
5) Their favourite pet is Cecil the Sulky Bat, who's been with them since the very first day they came to London. Soran loves Cecil unconditionally, despite the fact that he hates their guts (actually, Cecil kind of hates everything).
6) They're the biggest party animal of all my characters (Hedonist 15). They've pretty much been like this their whole life, hence the whole disownment thing.
7) Their Exceptional Hat was given to them by the most delightficent Mr. Pages. They never take it off if they can help it.
Zero:
1) He came to London to avenge the death of his older brother, Jason. His brother was kind of an asshole, honestly, but he was all Zero had.
2) Even before his brother's death, they both lost their parents to ruthless criminals when they were younger. Those deaths were avenged long ago.
3) Ever since his "vacation" to the Iron Republic, he'll sometimes lapse into strange, oddly prophetic speech. When this happens, he gets creepy fox eyes.
4) Between the changes the Iron Republic wrought in him and his career as a Glassman, my other characters often turn to him whenever they're in need of secrets or advice that can't be found otherwise (basically, whenever I check the wiki for something, I imagine it's just Zero doing his thing).
5) Has written a twenty-two book series of pulpy adventure novels, all about the intrepid hero John Fox as he quests for the fabled Mountain of Youth.
6) He's half-Indian, being the product of an English father and an Indian mother (hence why a few of his pets have Indian names, like Shakti, Asha, and Chandra).
7) About as gay as they come.
Cairn:
1) Only ever uses false names. No one knows their real name.
2) Was a big-time criminal on the surface, until a certain nosey, bat-loving smarty pants knocked them down a few hundred pegs.
3) Has a huge crush on Soran, despite their less-than-pleasant history.
4) They have over 5000 weasels. Why? Who knows; it's just one of life's greatest mysteries.
5) They also like to hoard gems and other shiny objects, as befitting their title as "the Magpie."
6) Only a few people know what the Magpie actually looks like.
7) Would sell your soul to Satan for half a corn chip (though preferably for money or jewels).
Thysania:
1) Named after a genus of moths.
2) If it's alive, she probably wants it dead.
3) Wants to die, and strives to suffer.
4) Actually pretty intelligent, even if she doesn't use that intellect for anything productive.
5) The only one of my characters she actually kind of trusts is Zero, who she sometimes goes to for help and advice.
6) She has a scar across her mouth, and many more hidden on her body.
7) She's been my only character reckless enough to be advancing the Liberation of Night.
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The Secret-Hungry Bat ~ "I have my bats and my works, and endless secrets and pleasures at my disposal; what need have I of a soul?"
The Dangerously-Charming Fox ~ "Let's go stab each other and then get drunk together! That's what friends do around here, right?"
The Ever-Scheming Magpie ~ "All I'm after is a fresh start... And maybe a little profit on the side..."
The Blood-Thirsty Moth ~ "This floor isn't red enough. I need to fix that. Come closer."
Meet the families.
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8/4/2016
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The Absurd Rogue wrote:
6 bullets! More than enough to kill anything that moves!
The greatest handgun ever made!
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Sir Goomy
Posts: 111
7/24/2016
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1) Loves ravens and everything raven related. Has a set of bedroom blankets and pillowcases with raven illustations on them. They are very scandalous.
2) Rarely gives or answers to his real name(Edwyn Groom), instead he prefers to be called by his moniker "Goomy".
3) Was once the Royal Spy Master and Court Scholar of a certain Eastern European nation. He does not miss that part of his life.
4) With the help of devils and arcania found in the Neath, he has written a song and has sent the text into the future. The song will be a cult hit in the unimanigable year of 2016. ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTvOKp0j7y8) He was very honey-addled when he wrote it.
5)He has dipped his fingers into the fountains of madness and has drunk from the river of insanity. Biscuits speak the best secrets. Never trust a crumpet though.
6) Has the most glorious moustache and goatee in the whole Neath. So divine his facial hair is, that the mear sight of it has made people pledge their worship and lives to it/him. The Bearded and the Unshaven as they come to be known, lurk in London's shadow of the shadows, waiting for their time to come, waiting for his word to be given. Oh, and his moustaches always smell of peppermint and no one knows why, not even him.
7)Loves to draw and paint. Especially naked...things. Rubberies are his number one cliental.
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Social actions, invites, roleplaying and general merrymaking is more than welcomed!
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Lamia Lawless
Posts: 604
7/25/2016
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I don't really want to derail the thread any further, so I'm gonna check out of this conversation. I really should have made a new thread or something. (Although, I think I've said everything I wanted to say anyway.)
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Lamia Lawless
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7/25/2016
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7 facts about Sakhi:
1. She met Lamia when she was working her way through the Labyrinth. Lamia won her over with excessive poetry, all tiger-themed, of course. The first poem Lamia recited for her was William Blake's poem, "The Tiger."
2. Lamia wrote "What I Know of Love is Blood and Mother's Milk" for Sakhi to celebrate her third birthday. Since the subject deals with Love, it's not to be published for public consumption. Wouldn't want the Bazaar's agents to find it. Only two copies exist: One for Lamia, and one for Sakhi.
3. Sakhi wants to go to Port Carnelian someday. London is too crowded and sooty for her.
4. She loves topaz, because it matches her eyes.
5. She's still a fairly young adult, and she acts her age.
6. She splits her time between the Labyrinth of Tigers and Parabola when she's not with Lamia. Some parts of Lamia's townhouse are accessible to Sakhi via a strategically placed mirror.
7. Sakhi has a taste for court politics and gossip, even humans' court politics.
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Johny Topside
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7/25/2016
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1. Johny wears a mask, that mask may change appearances depending on when you meet him.
2. He changes his name depending on the context he introduces himself in (posh circumstances 'Jonathan", average folk "John" or "Johny", revolutionary sorts or those of shadier backgrounds "Johny" exclusively). His last name isn't Topside but he won't be drawn on what it actually is.
3. He's afraid of dying and despite all the Londoners telling him its "perfectly fine" he refuses to meet the Boatman. Learning of the Judgements did not alleviate this fear in the slightest.
4. He's almost obsessive over the Correspondence. The whole "(hu)man(ity) wasn't meant to ---" mystique only drawing him in further. This curiosity overshadows the fear of a fiery howling death.
5. He once wrote satires against Court and Society, however, his enthusiasm was dampened significantly following his eviction from Court. He picked up the pen again temporarily during the election.
6. Playing into his fear of death, he's very hesitant when it comes to killing in the permanent sense, over the course of his life in the Neath he's become somewhat adept at killing "only slightly".
7. He loves the Elder Continent, Stone especially. If possible he'd move London further south. He dislikes the Gracious intensely for the fact that they won't let him in very far or very often.
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Lord Hattie
Posts: 15
7/26/2016
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1: William Masters has a nickname: Hattie. It comes from his days attending Cambridge University, and was gained as a result of a dare to steal the hats off the heads of some visiting Fellows of the College.
2: William Masters is an actual Lord, with his father having been a member of the House of Lords prior to the fall. He doesn't like to talk about his title, although sources in the Neath do know it.
3. William is a widower. Indeed, he has remained almost entirely untroubled by romance since the death of his wife, Emily, due to childbirth.
4. Despite an outward display of bravado, good nature and cheer, William is deeply troubled by depression. It is an open secret that he is deeply melancholy when not in public, and has occasionally, whilst deep in the cups, elucidated on why he is in such a position.
5. William recently started a Newspaper, The Fallen London Illuminator. He bases its journalism on that of the Manchester Guardian, a surface publication of which he was an avid reader and supporter.
6. This is more a meta-secret than an in character one. Lord Hattie was brought down to the Neath due to his pursuit of the man who had murdered his daughter, Annabelle Masters. Every action he has taken has, in some way, shape or form, been to further his search for this man. Were he to actually encounter him, Lord Hattie would ask him why he did it, and then quite brutally and permanently murder him. From there, it would be a roughly even chance as to whether he would finally be able to move on with his life... or would end it once and for all, having lost the last thing that kept him going. I genuinely don't know what he would do in that situation.
and finally, 7. William occasionally discusses his time spent in India, but without fail will refuse to talk about certain events, namely the occasional tiger hunt he took part of. You never know who might be listening.
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Lord William "Hattie" Masters - In-game Profile The Melancholy Lord, open for pretty much all social activities and roleplay
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Valiant
Posts: 127
7/26/2016
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1. “Valiant” was just a random name chosen long time ago, and now it stuck too much to change it. I prefer to think his parents were a bit eccentric and romantic.
2. He was born in London and fell with the city, thus he hadn’t actually seen the Surface in conscious age (yaaay headcanons).
3. Valiant doesn’t care much about animals, so his numerous animal companions are more like acquaintances, living on their own or in his long-abandoned lodgings.
4. Except for the Bengal Tigress, Marta, who he bought/rescued as a cub from unscrupulous trader. Now she treats Valiant more like her own cub.
5. He cares about his home city much more that he lets out.
6. He’s infatuated with Revolutionary Firebrand despite burning hatred for anarchists and their ideas.
7. Valiant has surprisingly warm relationship with his adopted daughter who, contrary to what many believe, he picked up at Khan’s Shadow, in the same journey that cost him his left eye. But rumours are right in one thing - the girl is still strong headed and devious.
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Sir Valiant Carrington, a heartless hedonist and honorary governor of Port Carnelian. You can ask him for a sip of Cider (here's how by an_ocelot) if you catch him in London.
Farshin Jarrah, merry trickster and incorrigible optimist.
Serine, gone down the well but not forgotten.
Avatar artwork by lovely Farseer Drijya
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The Absurd Rogue
Posts: 1049
7/23/2016
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7 True Facts about Elias Lowe II
1. Eli has widely and publicly been known never to take the intimate company of others, despite their lengthy stays in Veilgarden, The Brass Embassy and the Shuttered Palace. This has recently changed.
2. Eli is fluent in Russian, but retains an unsightly English accent. He is also fluent in English, but retains his Russian accent.
3. Eli was formerly a licentiate working under an anonymous agent of the Bazaar, but renounced their service shortly before The Flowerdene Reclamation.
4. Elias has published multiple philosophical and poetical works of literature under the pen name "Anton Chekov"
5. Eli has never been sent to prison over a crime he's committed, but has been sentenced between six and eight times.
6. Ezekiel owes it's entire existence to Eli, although the exact nature of their relationship is sketchy and lacks explanation. Ezekiel claims that Eli is his mother.
7. Eli will, in his lifetime, advance the study of a particular breed of martial art and become a sort of unnamed grandfather to the martial art known as "Systema".
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Professor Strix
Posts: 616
7/23/2016
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7 facts about Derek Davies
1. He pretended to have a scar to join the Fisher-Kings when he was a child, because they lived in Velgarden and he has also liked fancy things.
2. He betrayed just about anyone for money or booze at some point, so every faction in London has a reason to hate him.
3. Except the Rubberies. He never bothered with Rubberies.
4. He sold his soul at some point for a hefty sum. (How it ended stuffed in a bat is still a mystery.)
5. Derek is seeking a name (but not THE name).
6. He was already part-bat before his adventures in a bat body, the fangs and ears are not a side-effect.
7. He never had someone to really look after him and most of his life was an aimless search for pleasure and riches, so he has loads of trouble understanding feelings. Of course, he just had to be found by a romantically clueless professor that will not help him much with this.
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The Inescapable Professor, London's Most Academic Detective. Open to consultation from Mondays to Fridays, above the Silver Binding bookshop, Veilgarden. Half the payment in advance, half after closing the case. No refunds.
"THIS SATURDAY, in MAHOGANY HALL, delight your eyes with the DARING FEATS of the DAPPER ESCAPIST. Gape at his CHARM and WIT and his CLEVER TRICKS OF ILLUSIONISM. No mirrors used."
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Social actions welcomed. Will take menaces if not currently grinding that one stat. Send them and cross your fingers.
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Professor%20Strix
My alt loiters suspiciously if you want to:
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Derek%20Davis
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Amelia Syrus
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7/23/2016
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7 facts on Amelia Syrus. Or really the things I don't think will ever come up roleplay wise.
1. One of the many names she's made up for herself over the years. Only difference is someone special gave her the last name Syrus, so she's a bit attached to the name.
2. For that matter, she doesn't remember her original name or what happened when she was 4 save for the fact it involves fire.
3. Not Irish. Though what she knows is "street Irish" because of the Brass Reds, an Irish mafia she joined when she was 15 yrs old and told she was "too old" to stay with her urchin gang.
4. She is the last standing member of the Brass Reds. But as far as anyone knows, they have been terminated.
5. She's also been declared dead a few times but luck is always on her side with that. Which is to say she is good at faking her death. When she actually died for the first time in the Neath, she was surprised she wasn't slapped for evading it for so long.
6. Hates wearing dresses. She thinks people take her less seriously in a dress than a suit.
7. Actually a player in The Great Game but hasn't dived further into it. She wants to finish her quest of revenge before doing so as to "not mix emotions with the profession."
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Amelia Syrus: A Drunken Thief For Hire.
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