Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Marcus the Enchanter

Marcus Kingsley found himself in a bit of trouble. He's been enchanting items in Annwn for years, endlessly searching for the flawless enchantment. When one of his weapons fizzled on a juicer, they put a bounty out on him. Now he runs with the lost boys, learning to make his own enchants. He's a judgmental guy -- if it makes a person better at their job, it's good. Otherwise, crap.

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Ronny the network guy

Ronny's a problem-solver, especially if your problem can be solved with some combination of IBM-clone hardware and criminal activity. His own little contribution to the revolution he is sure is taking place. Whenever the power structure tumbles, he's planning to be on the ground floor of the new world, building the networks that will serve as foundation for the new world.

Monday, June 30, 2014

Cerys, the Fey Secret Agent

Cerys existed for unknowable millenia before being assigned to the Tylwyth Golgwr, the loose band of fey who serve the Unseelie Court in all matters human. Her knack for staying alive in the sun-blighted human realm made her a perfect choice for the job, as her relationship with the Court's current mistress. When the Court leadership changed, her patron wanted to get her as far away as possible. She metes out the Court's justice, or at least her interpretation of it, without question, despite the betrayal.

Thursday, June 26, 2014

Courtney the rocker

Courtney Bixler spent her twenties in a VW van, roaming the US from gig to gig. She's a killer drummer, though her bandmates always complained about her over-zealous fills. She has never played the same song the same way, refusing to let anyone stop her from rocking the way she wants. It was all part of the lifestyle -- they picked up and move to another town whenever they wanted. How can someone live like that and put shackles on her performances?

The band broke up years ago, as the others started having kids and ailments and all that grown-up bullshit. Courtney, though, refuses to give up the life, bar-fights and all. She was always the first to throw a punch anyway. She might have even been able to cut a few records or land a deal if she would just sign her name, but the very word "contract" makes her itchy.

Monday, June 23, 2014

Eibhilin

Few among the fey folk can be said to be genuinely sorry for the woes caused by their kind. The fairy who is called Eibhilin often speaks of the changeling trade and the dangerous results of fey boons, though she knows better than to speak her concerns too loudly. She has made a study of the humans and cares deeply for the changelings, especially Josh Levesque. She would free them if she could, but her duty to the Unseelie Court prevents any such foolishness.

Friday, June 20, 2014

Hillary the explorer

Hillary Donald blames her parents for her windburned face and calloused feet; they're the ones who named her. They didn't intend for her to follow in Sir Edmund's footsteps, but she thinks they shouldn't have been surprised when she declared that she was going to be an explorer.

Of course, the explorer business wasn't what it had been a century prior. No untamed African mountain ranges to name after herself. Lucky for her, the Annwn Simulation was constructed just as she was leaving grad school. She signed up for Keeper duty right away, and her education in cartography made her the perfect candidate for a position as a scout. With the collapse of EEC, she has been pulled away from that duty, though, and is now stuck escorting humans through the increasingly dangerous wilds in-sim.

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Corinna Moore - the face with the family

Corinna Moore will sell you anything. And not like, "she would sell you her own soul if given the chance". More like "you would buy a lit stick of dynamite from her and thank her for the opportunity". Any juicer knows how to source fey boons, how to transport, how to find customers. Corinna's job is to make the sale. And she always makes the sale.

Like many juicers, she's in it for the money. The work-a-day world just doesn't get a girl paid fast enough, and juicing pays the bills and more. Some responsibilities, though, can't be taken care of with money. No amount of clandestine trading or dark magic can get her out from under the thumb of her own mother, a powerful corporate exec who would have no qualms having Corinna arrested -- or worse -- if she threatened the Moore family name.