Chris Gardiner
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12/21/2011
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I'm curious. We all have our favourites on the development team.
Personally, I love the Bishop of Southwark. He's the most bombastic and proactive of the characters associated with the Church, who tend to be more mild, and his schemes are so deranged the only real response to them is to stand up and applaud. Plus he's hilarious. Who doesn't like a good wrestle?
What about you? Who are your favourite characters in the game (minor or major) and why?
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CALLNXW
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4/27/2016
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I love the Joval Contrarian, dude's just so amazingly terrible in social situations
I just hope he lives on until they create the NeathNet
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Early
Posts: 196
12/21/2011
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I've mentioned liking the Duchess and Widow quite a bit because of how sympathetic yet unnerving they are, but I also have to tip my hat to Jack-of-Smiles. He's so delightfully mad. Any and all of the Masters are also pretty awesome, the game does a good job of making them enigmatic yet unique. Little things, like Mr. Wines getting "drunk" off music or the taciturn Mr. Iron and his impressive ambidexterity, are very effective in that regard.
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Parelle
Posts: 1084
2/3/2016
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Hello topic back from the dead!
But I'm definitely with Kirr and the Rats, particularly my Disgraced Bandit-Chief. I didn't want him to take that final step, but thought he needed to for his, errr, character development. I was so very happy when I got lucky and he was Redeemed.
My other favorite is probably the poor Topsy King. I wish I hadn't selfishly kept the Court cycle spinning until I was ready to leave it, because I really should have left on that high note. (oh a pun!)
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The Midnight Road
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2/4/2016
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Favorite...hm...Even given what I've learned of her, I still have a soft spot for the Gracious Widow. Her understated manner and insistence on shadowy dealings I find delightful. Beside her, I always enjoy a lively discourse with Mr. Pages. The cromulent expressivitudes he pontificates never fail to enliven. Easily my favorite of the Masters. Speaking in broader terms, I almost always enjoy interactions with Urchins and cats. No particular one there, but an appearance of a representative of either of those is almost always welcome.
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timelessparadox
Posts: 24
2/8/2016
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My favorite character is His Amused Lordship who despite the state of London remains cheery (Just why is he so cheery). Next would be the dauntless Urchins. My third, my quirky rat companions.
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Jack Vaux-Harrowden
Posts: 245
2/17/2013
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The Quiet Deviless. For the first time since I began my descent, I'm half-tempted to abandon the search for the Name, if it means I can have her. Also, the Bishop of Southwark, the Mercies, and the Masters in general, particularly Mr Pages. (The Definiculate Dictionary *has* to be an in-game item at some point.)
Also the Hundreds and the Bazaar itself, for certain definitions of 'favorite' and 'character'.
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Patrick Reding
Posts: 440
12/21/2011
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Winston P. Aberforth, rattus faber property manager of most gentlemanly and verbose manner, who displayed unexpected courage, cunning, and tragic history during the war against the secret lord of London's rats. But he's one of a kind, he is.
As for characters I didn't make up, the Wry Functionary is always a charmer. And I will second the Bishop of Southwark, for essentially being a professional wrestler in a cassock.
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Eliza Cromlech
Posts: 12
12/23/2011
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The Manager of the Royal Bethlehem has fascinated me ever since I first met him. There was a time when I had designs to seduce him, or at least make the attempt. However, in the course of my rather perfunctory journalistic career, I have uncovered a certain tidbit about him that makes me despair of ever capturing his interest. Alas. A lady can still dream, though, can she not? Ah yes, a lady can still dream...
The Duchess. When I happened to catch a glimpse of her true identity, I suddenly liked her a LOT more than I used to. Which is not to say I didn't like her already, of course.
The Illuminated Gentleman. I only ever see him at Mr. Wines' revels, but he most definitely makes his presence memorable. I'd love to have him as my Constant Companion (but don't tell my current one I said that).
The Affectionate Devil. I ended up losing my soul to him--not on purpose--and have since gained it back and lost it again more times than I care to count, but he was the very first to claim it for his own. I wonder what he would say if he could see the sorry state the poor thing is in now...
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AmouryDeDomremy
Posts: 20
2/13/2016
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I have a strange fondness for Mr Pages-Sacks. Betraying him was the most complex mix of gleeful amusement and shame-faced regret I've experienced in the game.
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Hark DeGaul
Posts: 208
4/13/2016
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I'm actually a big fan of the Cheery Man, although I have no idea why.
After him I, like most people seem to, like the Bishop of Southwark, the Sardonic Music Hall Singer and the Wry Functionary.
I've grown to love the Inconvenient Aunt, especially after almost losing her twice in my character's run.
As for one off characters, I quite like the Utterperson and the Elusive Poet, because apparently I have a thing for mushroom people.
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Professor Strix
Posts: 616
4/13/2016
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I like the pets/companions in general and I laugh every time I read the text when you get the Bat with Attitude.
Among the other characters, let see... So far, I liked the Last Constable, the Silk-Clad Expert was delightfully bizarre, I was intrigued by the Ragged Mendicant and I have warm feelings for the urchin that lives on my rooftop (the one we have to discover his parents for him). Poor thing. I'm also curious about His Amused Lordship and the other members of the Dilmun Club. I still have so much to discover in this city, let's see who else I'll find.
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Schmidt
Posts: 114
5/5/2016
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For me it has to be the Bishop of St. Fiacre's. He is absolutely my head canon bro, since Atticus has made a habit of helping his kind, and is closest to the Church.
Besides, his story is so touching, seeking to be something other than what he is. Regardless of whether he can transfigured himself, he has already risen above it spiritually.
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Tyrone
Posts: 79
5/7/2016
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I personally really find the devils fascinating. Why? Because they really do like playing at being cruel and petty without really any reason to be.
Plus their weird nature of existence and how they come up with ludicrous schemes just to do something is unusual as well.
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Master Polarimini
Posts: 310
5/6/2016
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There are so many memorable characters that I'm not sure who's my absolute favourite, but I can name the Once-dashing smuggler and Soap between those I like the most.
I really would like to see more of Soap, especially because the Once-dashing smuggler has already a dedicated story.
Speaking of which, it is a bit sad that we have such interesting characters as companions and we don't have the chance to interact with them more often... it could be really nice that having a specific companion opens (appearing randomly) some story regarding that companion, a miniature version of the personal quests of group members as in many computer RPGs.
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Aganzir
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5/6/2016
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No question on this - the Cheery Man. Brutal and ruthless but bound by his oaths: he's very much a mentor figure to my character. Unsurprisingly, I make my toasts for him. And whenever the opportunity card arises, I hint that I might want to stay the night. However, what actually sealed the deal
[spoiler] was getting the rare success the very first time on the opportunity card. I mean when the Cheery Man has opened up about his impotence, repeatedly asking to stay the night and, repeatedly, being turned down, became a game between him and me. [/spoiler]
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Macragg
Posts: 32
4/14/2016
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Pyrodinium wrote:
My favorite characters are:
1. The Bishop of Southwark - I really like his passion (and wrestling skills). That revelation last Hallowmass just endeared him more to me.
Yes, the first time the Bishop tore off his frock and demanded I wrestle him, I both laughed harder than I think I ever had before while playing, and knew I had made a friend for life.
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absimiliard
Posts: 759
4/14/2016
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I am quite fond of the Bishop of Southwick, too true. I also share his dislike of snakes -- though he's far too mild in his treatment of them in my opinion, far, far, too mild...
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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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Jolanda Swan
Posts: 1783
4/22/2016
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So far, I like the Dashing Tomb-Colonist and the Provost of Benthic... plus the Topsy King, whose story I am afraid all Heart's Desire types are doomed to replicate. I am looking forward to learning more about the Widow and the Duchess though, before locking down my favorites.
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Clifton Royston
Posts: 110
4/27/2016
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I'm still quite new to Fallen London, but already developing favorites.
After a few chance meetings with the Quiet Deviless, I found myself entirely dedicated to becoming more Intimate with Devils, so that I could secure her companionship.
And then I disappointed her so deeply by attempting to spy on her Abstraction, and shattered our budding friendship. I'm still trying to regain her trust, but I have every hope that being a devil herself she will eventually come to understand my own untrusting nature and forgive me enough that we can be friends again.
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A person of little significance:
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Brian Hibbs
Posts: 3
4/13/2016
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Lots of good characters but my favorite would have to be Tristram Bagely, giving him his brief moment of lucidity and speaking to him after completing his unfinished opera was definitely the height of the heart's desire ambition to me.
The rat companions collectively and His Amused Lordship definitely deserve an honorable mention though.
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M. Cinder
Posts: 25
5/2/2016
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Well, it's difficult for me to pick favorites. I like them all. I even like the minor characters in Exceptional Stories.
If I had to choose, it would be Mr. Pages. He's delightfully adorkable, and censorship campaign aside, he's likely the only Master who isn't a psychopath, if the term even apply to their kind.
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Vavakx Nonexus
Posts: 892
5/2/2016
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CALLNXW wrote:
I love the Joval Contrarian, dude's just so amazingly terrible in social situations
I just hope he lives on until they create the NeathNet
Or, maybe, the InterNeath?
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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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Hailey
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12/26/2011
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The Manager has grown a lot more interesting since his connection to my Ambition became clear. Similarly for the Topsy King. Also: any and all Rubbery things.
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Hailey Daniels - One who turned back
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Little The
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12/28/2011
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(At the risk of being off-topic, streetfelineblue, I would recommend getting a single point of Connected: Masters and take that option. It's the most profitable way to amass coins. You'll only need that plus the theft to get the required 77 coins.)
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My journey to Seek the Name is recorded for posterity here. I asked "Who is Salt?"
I am a member of the Temple Club. If you would like an invitation, feel free to request one!
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streetfelineblue
Posts: 1459
1/3/2013
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Chris Gardiner wrote:
I'm curious. We all have our favourites on the development team.
Personally, I love the Bishop of Southwark. He's the most bombastic and proactive of the characters associated with the Church, who tend to be more mild, and his schemes are so deranged the only real response to them is to stand up and applaud. Plus he's hilarious. Who doesn't like a good wrestle?
What about you? Who are your favourite characters in the game (minor or major) and why?
After completing (for now) the Theological Husnbandry storyline, including the Fate-Locked portion, I can understand your appreciation of the Bishop, at the point that he convinced my character to do something he wouldn't usually have done. And after all that, meeting up again shoveling snow from our neighbour's lodgings got me smiling ^^
Also, His Amused Lordship. I love the way he uses obfuscating stupidity to cloud his real intentions.
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Lily Fox
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1/5/2013
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As it happens, I just met the Mercies for the first time. Aren't they fun! They'll be invited to all my most exciting events.
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Emain Ablach
Posts: 348
1/5/2013
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Currently... I'm obviously fascinated by Mr Eaten, but I can't say I really like the character himself since I never met him. But what I know (ou whant I believe I know) about him is very interesting and deep.
Mr Wines is funny, I really like him, I always feel at ease when he's around. Like Mr Heart too, mostly because of its strange appetites.
But they are special, they are the Masters. Their role give them a special status.
For the other characters, I really like The Duchess. I find her highly respectable and her story touching.
The Manager too. Because of what I learnt about him. Very touching. Very sad. Just like the Duchess.
The Topsy King. Funny, incomprehensible, and when you learn about him, touching again...
I'm surprised because none of the minor characters really gave me a lasting impression, even though I appreciate almost all of the major characters (I just named my favourites). Ô_o...
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Shadowcthuhlu
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2/16/2013
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Clay and Jasper are my favorite unfinished men. I also like Lyme quite a bit.
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Early
Posts: 196
12/21/2011
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Patrick Reding wrote:
Winston P. Aberforth, rattus faber property manager of most gentlemanly and verbose manner, who displayed unexpected courage, cunning, and tragic history during the war against the secret lord of London's rats. But he's one of a kind, he is.
As for characters I didn't make up, the Wry Functionary is always a charmer. And I will second the Bishop of Southwark, for essentially being a professional wrestler in a cassock.
Ah yes, the Wry Functionary. Surprisingly endearing, in his odd way.
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pinstripeowl
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12/22/2011
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Goodness, favourite characters. My vote would have to be for The Cheesemonger. That story built up wonderfully as we progressed and by its end I wept for her time.
I love the Quiet Deviless too (actions notwithstanding, her art is quite delicious), and the Topsy King whose role in the Heart's Desire Ambition was quite glorious.
Southwark is rather fantastic (do love the "why did it have to be snakes?!"), but I think I prefer the Tiger Keeper, who's just so blasé about it all that he's wonderful.
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streetfelineblue
Posts: 1459
12/21/2011
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I can't say I've seen much content yet, but the characters I'm more interested in knowing better are the Duchess and the Cheesemonger (I'm on her trail already). Special mention to the Sulky Bat: for being, technically, just a piece of equipment, he is remarkably fleshed out in the Opportunity card he unlocks XD
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Catherine Raymond
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2/17/2013
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Jack Vaux-Harrowden wrote:
The Quiet Deviless. For the first time since I began my descent, I'm half-tempted to abandon the search for the Name, if it means I can have her. Also, the Bishop of Southwark, the Mercies, and the Masters in general, particularly Mr Pages. (The Definiculate Dictionary *has* to be an in-game item at some point.)
Also the Hundreds and the Bazaar itself, for certain definitions of 'favorite' and 'character'.
Let's see. The Quiet Deviless is certainly intriguing--I understand your interest in her.
My favorites include: The Regretful Soldier; The Barbed Wit; The Melancholy Curate (remember him? Ah, that was so long ago!); and The Sardonic Music Hall Singer.
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Catherine Raymond
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2/17/2013
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Sir Frederick Tanah-Chook wrote:
Oh, the Duchess, without a doubt. And the Artist's Model - reader, I married her. (I may be biased there, as my actual wife is an actual painter who she rather resembles.) My Rattus Faber friends. The Kashmiri Princesses. And the Thunder.
Interesting choices also.
But you've reminded me that minor characters should not be overlooked. I love the rat companions of the Relickers, every last one of them; Montgomery, Pinnock, Mathilde, and Gulliver. They seem to be much more interesting, competent people than the humans with whom they are associated (though we don't necessarily know what those humans were like before they became Relickers, either).
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Myriandus
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2/3/2016
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The Bishop of St Fiacre's. Without a doubt my favourite character from the get-go, and his portrait is spot-on. He's often sinister, mysterious, ambitious, yet strangely benevolent at the most surprising of times. Even without the content of Flint, he's an intriguing character.
The Topsy King struck a chord after playing Heart's Desire. When he speaks to you on the rooftops, in a rare lucid moment...tear-inducing...
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Michile
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2/3/2016
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Ralph, of course.
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Kirr
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2/3/2016
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I'm most attached to the rats in the Secret of the Plaster Face storyline - something about the combination of the Albino Rat, the Working Rat and the Talkative Rat solving the mystery with me under the leadership of the Disgraced Bandit-Chief made me incredibly invested in this little tribe in my house.
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Pyrodinium
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2/8/2016
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My favorite characters are:
1. The Bishop of Southwark - I really like his passion (and wrestling skills). That revelation last Hallowmass just endeared him more to me.
2. The Soft-Hearted Widow - probably one of the more magnanimous people here in London. Pyro makes it a priority to give her glim at every opportunity
3. Mr. Pages - I know their allegiance and plans for London but they're just so adorably nerdy.
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