Cass



"I'm sure honest living has its perks, but it's not half as fun as dishonest living..."

Cass was involved in criminality from a young age, and found herself predisposed to the life due to her thrill-seeking nature. Because of her small size and deft fingers she became an excellent thief, specialising in burglary as a teen, often for hire. In this role she crossed paths with Theopania, then working as a fence for stolen goods. The two quickly built up a rapport, bonding over being young women trying to make their way in a dark and potentially dangerous criminal underworld.

Their relationship developed beyond strictly professional when Theopania discovered Cass’ other proclivity – women. The two sporadically engaged in a dalliance, but both took care to not let their pleasure interfere with their business. Cass operated in this manner for a short while before she was discovered in the bed of a noble girl whose father she had been commissioned to rob. Facing being forced into a convent to atone for her “unnatural disposition”, she fled and sought Theopania out for somewhere to lie low. The fence offered her more than just sanctuary, but somewhere with steady work and a significantly less judgemental environment than English society – a quiet little community in Sherwood Forest…

Description
Born: 1167 (aged 26) Height: 5'1" Weight: 98lbs Build: Skinny Nationality: English

Cass is a flippant young woman who delights in light-hearted banter and flirtation, though with men such exchanges - by her choice - never progress further. She gets bored easily, and this often leads to her being needlessly light-fingered or mischevous, just to provide some entertainment.

Downtime: She is very rarely seen up and about before noon, and any attempts to rouse her before then is usually met with a thrown pillow, boot or cup.

If she isn't accounted for past noon, it's a safe bet that she's either rolling in the proverbial - and sometimes literal - hay with a like-minded girl, or skulking about in the midst of some manner of mischief. Both often include Theopania, and the two of them are currently engaged in a protracted prank war with Silk. The rest of the covenfolk are tolerant of their shenanigans, as it is far better than when the trio are bored and decide to combine forces...

Religion: Though Cass is nominally a Christian and attends mass like most others, she finds the pomp and ceremony boring and the nature of the priesthood weird and frankly unnatural. Sex, love, and family are some of life's greatest and purest pleasures, and denying them in the name of God - who created them - just strikes her as silly. She's struggled at times to reconcile her sexual preferences with the word of The Bible, but has essentially come to the decision that if God didn't want her to sleep with other women, he shouldn't have made them so beautiful to her. Evil lays in intentions and deeds; Cass certainly bears no evil intentions regarding women, and in her experience the deed certainly doesn't feel bad for either party.

Fun Fact: Has currently been in possession of Silk's "competition" coin for over two years.

Pet Peeve: People who take themselves too seriously.

Most Embarrassing Secret: Once while performing cunnilingus on a partner with an "untamed garden", it tickled her nose to the point where she sneezed directly... inside her. Cass quickly left, mortified, and hasn't talked to her since.

When Drunk: Cass is, predictably, quite a reckless drunk, often flirting openly with barmaids, attempting to pull pranks, and accepting dares. She once threw up in a man's coinpurse. Without him noticing. While he was wearing it.

Characteristics
Strength -1 Stamina +0 Dexterity +3 Quickness +1 Perception +2 Intelligence +0 Presence +1 Communication -1

Virtues

 * Improved Characteristics
 * Labourer (Burglar)Free
 * Rat up a Drainpipe
 * Sees in the Dark

Flaws

 * Craving for Travel
 * Gender Nonconforming
 * Nocturnal

Personality Traits

 * Brave +1
 * Loyal +2
 * Mischievous +3

Key Abilities

 * Legerdemain
 * Guile
 * Stealth
 * Brawl

Languages

 * English 5

Abilities

 * Athletics (Climbing) 317
 * Awareness (Hearing) 2
 * Bargain (Contraband) 1
 * Brawl (Daggers) 44
 * Carouse (Staying Sober) 25
 * Charm (Flirting) 2
 * Etiquette (Criminals) 1
 * Folk Ken (Criminals) 3
 * Guile (Excuses) 4
 * Intrigue (Finding Gossip) 2
 * Language: English (Slang) 5
 * Language: Latin (Hermetic Usage) 2
 * Legerdemain (Picking Pockets) 4
 * Stealth (Sneaking) 421
 * Swim (Diving) 1

Combat
Soak: 3 (Part Leather Scale 3 + Stamina 0) Encumbrance: 2 (Load 3 = Burden 2 - Strength 0) Note: Cass generally only wears armour when anticipating a fight being more likely than the need for stealth or mobility. Therefore, she normally has 0 Soak and 0 Encumbrance.

Typical Gear
Leather scale (part), daggers, lockpicks.

Opinions on Others
Mages Essel - She seems pretty intense, but she doesn't weird me out as much as the other mages and she lets things slide. Probably one of the better ones to work with. Grogs Falko – Brave fella, if unimaginative. No wonder he’s always getting himself hurt. Old Giles - The old bastard can move! I could have a lot of fun steering drunken louts into trying to fight him… Islwyn - Not exactly the life of the party, but he's a damned good shot. I swear he's only really happy when he's up a tree. I should get him a hammock, I bet he'd love me. Lohse - God, she’s pretty. I could listen to her sing all day… and make other noises all night. Maybe next time we’re at the Red Boar I’ll have the guts to see if she’s interested. Oskar - Silk's little minion. I can't help but wonder if he's more of a straight shooter, or he's just not been taught how to nick stuff yet. Oh well, there's plenty of time for that... Arrow Bait - Calling him "Master Bait" worked! He's said he's actually called "Percival". What a stupid name. Silk - Theopania was right - he's a shifty little fucker, but a great laugh. Now there's a man who knows how to enjoy life. Theopania - Talented, driven and reliable, which is rare in our line of work. Trustworthy and fun, too, which is even less so. Shame she's got that weird thing with people forgetting her face, but I guess it must be useful at times.

Experience
Spring 1190: Stealth 2xp (Exposure) Summer 1190: Stealth 2xp (Exposure) Autumn 1190: Brawl 12xp (Training - Old Giles) Winter 1190: Brawl 12xp (Training - Old Giles) Spring 1191: Latin 12xp (Training - Richard) Summer 1191: Athletics 2xp, Carouse 5xp (Adventure - The Cambridge Fayre) Autumn 1191: Latin 3xp, Stealth 5xp (Adventure - Gresham Nunnery) Winter 1191: Athletics 2xp (Exposure) Spring 1192: Athletics 5xp, Stealth 3xp (Adventure - The Heir of Farnsfield) Summer 1192: Stealth 2xp (Exposure) Autumn 1192: Stealth 2xp (Exposure) Winter 1192: Carouse 4xp (Practice) Spring 1193: Athletics 5xp, Stealth 2xp (Adventure - Headhunting in Nottingham) Summer 1193: Athletics 3xp, Stealth 3xp (Adventure - An Archery Contest)