Marvelous Chester

; Marvelous Chester

Nicknames: Rip-off, that weird man with the weird mask, that person you should talk to when you need... ‘stuff’.

Personality: The cunning manipulator; charming to a fault, smart, educated, savvy, smooth-talker, flirtatious, egotistical, uncaring, crude, ruthless, opportunistic, captivating, nonchalant, mainly concerned with his own well being, not above using coercion to get what he wants, will offer sordid deals to people who seem desperate, uses violence when provoked.

Appearance: 9’2/190cm tall; his face is always hidden by a white jester mask that is fashioned with an eternal sneer, even his hair is hidden by the mask, his eyes appear to be blue or a blueish green, depending on how the light hits them, his leather coat makes his shoulders appear quite broad but he actually has a more sinewy build that allows for speed.

Outfit: Black tophat, a caped greatcoat made of leather that is very worn, red rose on the lapel of the coat, faded silken cravat scarf, leather gloves, his clothing under the coat is a little hard to discern but he wears a sort of thin leather body armour that is fastened by belts on his arms, torso and legs, leather boots with a halter for his crossbow bolts.

Age: Unknown and hard to determine, likely somewhere in the range of 30-50 years old.

Speech: Smooth and warm, always seems to purr, expresses himself very elaborately, which hints to an aristocratic background. Tends to find things much funnier than they are and laughs a lot. Happy: “How elating* I so do love seeing a new face around here. Things tend to be so terribly drab, lately.” Angry: “Oh, it has come to blows, has it? Fine then. I’ve had enough of you anyway!” Surprise: “Why, I would never do such a thing. Such accusations. Do it again.” Sad: “Hmmmm. Not now.”

Likes: Getting his way, teasing his customers, misleading people, strolling around the area, collecting curiosities, making himself a home where he doesn’t belong.

Dislikes: Being asked about his origins, being attacked, full moon, having his ‘requests’ denied.

Background: Knows where the man in the strange clothing comes from but he is said to have confirmed that he hails from another place in time. He has also claimed before to hail from a once very powerful family that has fallen from grace, that he is supposedly closely related to a queen who goes by the name ‘Annalise’ — no one in Lordran has ever heard about such a queen, of course, leading the people who are aware of him to believe that he must be a lunatic, of sorts. It’s hard to say when Chester made his first appearance in the Oolacile outskirts but it was confirmed by Chester himself that it happened during a red full moon night, meaning that the man must have been in Oolacile for at least seven years, if not more. During his time in the kingdom of sorcery he has become not only rather infamous for a lot of unsavoury reasons, the man with the mask has built a small cartel for himself, becoming a household name in the seedy underworld of the shimmering capital of Oolacile. If someone has ever seen him without his mask, they either have never come forth about who is hiding under the sneer or they never lived to tell. Chester seems to be rather peculiar when it comes to his face; he dislikes the very idea that someone could know his face so he will not remove his mask for anybody unless there is a very good reason to do so.

Rumours about Chester:

• Since he never takes off his mask, folks have begun to believe that he might not even have a face or that the mask is not a mask at all but a curse set upon him.
• Apparently, he has a taste for blood — especially when it comes from young, beautiful people who are still virgins.
• He is in league with a strange and dark God that grants him the power to give his customers whatever they need, which is why he became so successful.
• Chester secretly leads a creepy sex cult in the name of said deity.

Other:

• While the rumours about the dark God are most likely not true, he indeed prays to a god or a being that he only ever addresses as ‘Juniper’.
• Chester often jokes that he knows the future and can predict what will happen to Oolacile once they ‘open the chasm’. He also knows what slumbers under the city, but since his arrival might have changed the course of things, he keeps this knowledge to himself.
• Clearly, he doesn’t care much about assimilating; while his environment is rather medieval, he preferred to present himself as the gentleman he is.
• If someone can’t pay for his services in gold, he is often happy to barter for other things, such as information about important people. If his current customer cannot provide anything he is interested in, he is not above accepting sexual acts as payment.
• The mask stays on during sex as he usually demands oral from his customers.
• Will use blackmail to get what he wants.