Josef “Rabbit” of Grey Folly
Background and Concept elements:
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1. He is a native of Grey Folly, having lived there for all of his 31 years, and is well established in the crime circles there.
2. Not that tall, about 5'7” with a scrawny, muscular body, pale skin, shaggy black hair and black eyes, and a crooked nose.
3. He loves bare-knuckled boxing, both as a spectator and participant, in official or unofficial fights.
4. He also enjoys running scams, and has lived most of his life swindling new merchants and unsuspecting woodfolk out of their money. He is linked to a thieves' syndicate in Grey Folly. Not quite the level of organization or brutality as a mafia, think more a very informal thieves' guild.
5. He is nicknamed Rabbit for his scrawny build, hyperactive personality and penchant to bounce on his feet during a fight. He got a tattoo of a rabbit on his left shoulder, to bring him luck and as a nod to his name.
6. He is a recovering alcoholic and gambler. Currently he is a teetotaler, but he still likes to gamble on occasion, especially on boxing.
7. He lives with his old mother, whom he dotes on. She taught him how to read, and he hides this fact from his buddies. However, her eyesight is going, and he reads to her whenever he can.
Goals:
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1. Rabbit wants to earn enough money to set up his mother as an independent women, and make her proud.
2. I would like to see him develop a significant conscience and Robin Hood complex.
Secrets:
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1. (One he knows) He killed a man when he was twenty and threw the body in the river, telling no one about it.
2. (One he does not know) His mother is not his biological mother. She found him as a baby, abandoned in a bush in the foothills of the Paganwall, wrapped in thick dark canvas. Unable to have kids of her own, she took him and raised him as her own son.
Persons tied to Rabbit.
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1. He learned his trade from an older thief and martial artist, Two-tooth, (so called because he is missing both of his front teeth) when he was a boy. Two-tooth is now an old, blind man who retired out of Grey Folly because “I'm getting too old for these bloody witches.” He currently runs an inn (and safe house/dojo) in Three Rivers.
2. His aging mother, Gretchen, whom he left with his friend Ox in Grey Folly.
3. Ox, a massive guy, who is a close childhood friend of Rabbit and an occasional sparring partner. He owns a bar and fight club in Grey Folly.
4. Lars the Snake. A sociopathic robber whom Rabbit crossed one too many times, necessitating that Rabbit skip town (if we start outside Grey Folly. Otherwise, Lars is just a psychopath who has strained relations with Rabbit.)
Memories:
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1. Before I got good at what I do, I used to earn my bread as a breaker. Breaking and entering. I wasn't half-bad, neither. But something happened that turned me off that, though I still can do it from time to time if I need to. I was robbing this one river baron's house, see, and just as I'm taking down a shiny (slang: expensive, gilded) sword from the wall, I hear a door open. I turn around and there's the greedy rat's butler, just standing there. He opens his mouth to shout but before I know what I'm doing I've slashed him across the throat. I dropped the sword, fell, and heaved my guts all over the floor. By the full moon, it was horrible. But what could I do? So I picked up the guy, all slimy with his own blood, dragged him out to the river and dumped him in. I ain't told no one to this day.
2. How'd I get this nose? I'll tell you. When I was thirteen, I wasn't the hulking behemoth you see before you now. I was a titchy little thing. Anyway, there was this big kid who liked to pick on younger kids, he must've been sixteen or so. We called him Fatty. Blow me down if I can remember what his real name was. Anyway, one time he had one of my mates cornered, and he was shoving him around, calling him a rat and all. So I said, don't you treat my mates like that. What'cha gonna do about it, he says, so I punch him in the gut. Anyway, we get into an all out brawl and I thrashed him soundly. He did break my nose, though, and that's why it's so pretty and all.
3. Damn witches. The first time I saw them I was ten years old, walking in the streets, and I saw the black, ragged shapes streaking across the sky. I drop my basket and start running, but one sees me and drops down from the sky, cackling. She follows me through the streets, twisting and turning as I do, until I'm run up against a wall and I turn to see her. There she was, floating a foot off the ground, staring me down with a pair of horrible, icy blue eyes. I remember that she was beautiful, with long black hair that went down to her feet, much prettier than I thought a witch had any business being. She stared at me, and I stared back. Then she just smiles, nods at me and flies off. I peed my pants in relief. To this day I have no idea why she let me go.
Stats:
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Warrior: 4
Rogue: 5
Mage: 1
Talent: Lucky Devil
Skills: Unarmed, Thievery, Acrobatics
HP=10
Fate=5
Mana=2
Defense=8 (12 with armor)
Equipment:
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Longbow (20 arrows)
Sword
Lamellar Armor
3 Daggers/Knives
10 yards rope
Lockpick
Adventurer's kit
Grappling Hook (I assumed same price as lockpick)
Riding Horse, saddlebags and bridle.
1 week's iron rations
Noble Clothing
Traveling Clothing
Normal Clothing
Deck of Cards
Dice
2 torches
65 Sp.