Silk



"Look, if this works, it’ll keep us from getting caught. If it doesn’t, it’ll keep us from getting old"

Born in a brothel in backwater streets of London to a whore who died in childbirth, the baby who would grow up to become the man known as “Silk” had a troubled start to life raised by the other whores of the brothel. “Silk” however proved very quickly to excel at two things; the first was at stealing; where he was able to rob individuals right in front of them without the other person noticing. The second was that he mastered how to disguise himself as various individuals with great ease. At the age of twelve, “Silk” left the brothel and managed to get work with a traveling merchant who took him further north and began teaching the young man his trade of barter and sell. The young man took to it immediately, however quickly became bored with simply trying to get wealthy though simple bartering.

Instead “Silk” viewed the coinage he managed to get though both theft and bargaining as a way of keeping score in the “Great Game” as he put it. In the game the winners had all of the coin and the losers none of it. Silk also learnt that simply bargaining for material goods, was beneath his talents, and instead applied himself to collecting and selling information. In essence “Silk” became a spy for no-one but himself, selling and trading information for coin and even started referring to himself as Silk after one such client said;

“Listening to you weave a tale is like the touch of silk, however that silk often hides a dagger...”

To aid him in this respect, he created a number of disguises, false persona that would allow him to mingle in with different crowds and gather all the information that he requires. While those who know him as Silk, could see though these guises, those he employs them against would never recognize him, even if both of his disguises were in the same room!. This collection of skills bought him into contact with members of the Order of Hermes, specifically Ethel, who had need of his skills in her plans to stabilize the Stonehenge Tribunal, it also helped that she and the other magi rescued him a problematic spot, for this he has finally found a master that might be able to put his talents to good work.

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

Virtues
Puissant Guile, Social Contacts (Merchants of the Midlands), Warrior

Flaws
Avaricious, Poor Student, Small Frame (average height, very lithe)

Skills
Animal Handling (Donkey): 2 Area Lore: England (Geography): 2 Area Lore: Midlands (Villages): 212/15 Athletics (Climbing): 3 Awareness (In Darkness): 35/20 Bargain (Buying Goods): 313/20 Brawl (Knives): 3 Carouse (Staying Sober): 2 Charm (First Impressions): 2 English (Midlands): 5 Etiquette (Nobility): 2 Folk Ken (Townsfolk): 3 French (Norman): 2 Guile (Disguises): 4 + 27/25 Intrigue (Finding Gossip): 35/20 Legerdemain (Picking Pockets): 3 Stealth (Sneaking): 3 Swim (Open Water): 1 Single Weapon (Shortswords): 4 Thrown Weapon (Knife): 3 Welsh (Gywnedd): 1

Personality Traits
Brave +3, Loyal +1, Weaselly + 3

Disguises
Edward of Southampton - Salt Merchant; currnetly down on his luck William of Cambridge - Iron Merchant; A Wealthy merchant who expects the finer things in life Malcolm of Chester - Wool Merchant; A well-off merchant known attending the feasts of those with aspirations of nobility Alfred of York - Mead Merchant; A bombastic and rather cheerful fellow who will share a drink with anyone Richard of London - Clothing Merchant; Selling the finest clothes in Europe to the nobility, and as such, invited to all the parties

Character Advancement
Spring 1190 - Adventure - 5 exp (5 total exp from 2 adventures) Summer 1190 - Adventure - 10 exp Autumn 1190 - Adventure - 6 exp Winter 1190 - Exposure - 2 exp (Bargin) --- Spring 1191 - Exposure - 2 exp (Guile) Summer 1191 - Exposure - 2 exp (Guile) Autumn 1191 - Adventure - 7 exp Winter 1191 - Adventure - 3 exp (Storyguide allowed exp gain) --- Spring 1192 - Exposure - 2 exp (Bargin) Summer 1192 - Adventure - 8 exp Autumn 1192 - Exposure - 2 exp (Bargin) Winter 1192 - Practice - 4 exp (Bargin) --- Spring 1193 - Adventure - 7 exp (2 exp in guile, 5 exp in Awareness) Summer 1193 - Adventure - 10 exp (5 exp in Guile, 5 exp in Intrigue) Autumn 1193 - Exposure - 2 exp (Bargin) Winter 1193 - Exposure - 2 exp (Bargin)

Typical Gear
Shortswords, Leather Scale, Items of Clothing for various disguises.

Opinions on Others
Mages Arianwen - "At times she a bit of a bird brain, however she is willing to take simply but brutal steps to keep us safe, and I respect that" Cirice - "After our trip to Nottingham together I foresee a great partnership with Cirice. Shes clever and values my advice, but we're going to have to be as wily as a fox to deal with both our fox problems, luckily it seems Cirice can also be quite a convincing fox herself" Edric - "We don't talk about Edric..." Essel - "Ive never met a lass before who could scare away a group of twenty brigands with a look. I have a feeling I'm going to want to be very careful around her... Or at-least ill make sure to blame someone else when i do get caught" Evelyn - "I'm starting to feel bad by asking her for money... there just no challenge... she'd trust anyone, I suppose its a good thing she's got Lady Tessora keeping an eye out for her" Rian - "Oh the heists I could have planned with his powers, he was a bit weird, but ill be sad to miss him... and the money he could have made me..." Companions Iris - "We don't talk about Iris" Robin Hood - "Great... now there's two of them..." Tancred - Lady Tessora of Artois - "My fellow Tribune of Grogs... although I feel that referring to her as the 'Good' tribune is a little offensive to me... even though it is true..." Will Scarlet - "I should have robbed him blind while I had the chance, oh well, I suppose there is next time" Grogs Alfred - "Bit of a silent type, but damn is the man a good cook! Its probably for the best that i haven't tried to steal from him, otherwise i fear for the state of my dinner" Theopania - "Its rare that i find someone who just as skillful as me when it comes to thievery. In the end however I'll win the game between us... after-all i've still got the coin!" Giles "Old Giles" Cooper - "Never seen an old man move that fast before, and the trashing he gave to Little John... I think there is great opportunity here to make quite a bit of money..."

Story
To be told...