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Avis
Avis
RP blog is here
- Cool Mask: Avis wears a mask reminiscent of a Plague Doctor. The mask covers hideous facial scarring.
- "It" Is Dehumanizing: Averted. Not to Avis. Avis prefers to be referred to as 'it'.
Casey Banning
Casey Banning
RP blog is here
- As the Good Book Says...: Early journal entries used to start off with a relevant Bible quote. This format ended after their first kill in the Black Ribbon Society, until they started off an open letter to the lodge with a quote from Peter.
- Badass Preacher: Well, their ring-fighting name is The Reverend, which Villeneuve is happy to still call them despite Casey not being a real reverend.
- Faith–Heel Turn: They experienced a loss of faith after their brother was murdered, but is now more loudly critical of the Church than outright renouncing it. Then their experience with Jeremiah and the Lakewood Lodge happened, and they stopped going to church completely.
- Given Name Reveal: Indicated here that their Surface name was Cassandra.
- Her daughter—wary with years of tree-climbing and half-hearted Bible study, now the rotten apple core of her eye.
Samuel Blackleaf
Samuel Blackleaf
RP blog is here
Miss Brite
Miss Brite
RP blog is here
- Amnesiac Hero: After she drank a ridiculous quantity of Bottled Oblivion. (Her collection of Eyeless Skulls didn't help either.)
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: While not the sharpest tack on the board, in Knife-and-Candle she's the murder queen of Fallen London.
- Kicking Ass in All Her Finery: Miss Brite is both fond of fine dresses and, as mentioned, a champion of Knife-and-Candle.
- Last-Name Basis: Her first name starts with N, that's all we know.
Eva Anderson
Eva Anderson
RP blog is here
- Absent-Minded Professor: Comes off as this during the rare times she shows up at Benthic to perform her duties, although if one were to listen in on her mutterings, something darker would be revealed.
- Casualty in the Ring: Was often the cause of this for several unfortunate opponents, before she became reclusive and drifted away from the fighting rings.
- Forgets to Eat: There are flowers to breed, secrets to be unveiled, absinthe to drink, sulking to do! Food? Not so much.
- A Glass in the Hand: Tends to have one in her hand most of the time, and tends to squeeze her hands in frustration.
- Magic Plastic Surgery: An avid enthusiast of the Face-Tailor's works. And those of the more rubbery variety, too.
- Mess of Woe: Her private chambers are littered with a plethora of bottles, papers, flowers, and many other things. Especially bottles, though.
- Something about a Rose: After finding petals from one (a cross-breed of Exile's rose with a flower from Hell, actually), she became obsessed with finding a match, and, more recently, trying to replicate said hybrid.
- Sugar-and-Ice Personality: Becoming increasingly icy, although certain things-music, for example-can bring out the softer side.
- Troubled Fetal Position: Often ends up in this after a night of drinking (alcohol or otherwise).
- Waking Up Elsewhere: Again, after nights of drinking, especially when the substances imbibed are mildly hallucinogenic.
"Pseudonym" Jones
"Pseydonym" Jones
RP blog is here
- Happily Married: Jones and their wife Carissa seem to have a perfectly healthy, loving relationship. Despite Carissa's rather alarming eating habits.
Jane Greene
Jane Greene
RP blog is here
- Action Girl: Jane very quickly embraced the fact that the extremes of physical combat and labor were not restricted to certain genders in Fallen London.
- Fair Cop: Most of her closest friends outside the Delicious Friends are members of the Constables. She officially has a position as a detective.
- Good is Not Nice: To people who encounter her on business, Jane is curt to the extent that basic politeness allows. She tirelessly works for the betterment of London and its citizens, however.
- Good Shepherd: Jane is intimately connected with the C.V.R. and takes the duty of rescuing (and occasionally stealing) souls from devils very seriously.
- The Gunslinger: Of all the weapons available to a denizen of the Neath, Jane has found an affinity for firearms.
- Kicking Ass in All Her Finery: Jane disdains trousers... at least, when they're worn outside of skirts. She has made several discreet modifications to her clothing to overcome the obstacles it would otherwise inflict on her.
- Mrs. Robinson: Jane greatly enjoys the company of ladies who are significantly younger than her...and goes out of her way to make sure they enjoy her company in turn.
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Narcis- Confortola
RP blog is here
- Ambiguous Gender: Not so much in the middle of the gender divide as jump-roping back and forth on it. Self-identifies as an "Epicene".
- Bizarre Instrument: You can find one at the Epicene's Emporium of Unique & Antique Instruments.
- Magic Music: Thons experiments with the Correspondence and the Bagley notation system. In thons own words: "The Corresondence is the sublime itself, form and idea. Not inference, but sheer experience. It is magical."
- Shed the Family Name: With a calling card that says Narcis- Confortola, not Narciso Hightower.
Roland Oak Banning
Roland Banning
RP blog is here
- As the Good Book Says...: Roland sometimes makes use of certain biblical passages as code for criminal activity.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Roland is, at least to a superficial extent, the nicest of the Delicious Friends. He is not above sending small teams of hit men after people who have transgressed against him or his friends.
- Broken Ace: From a purely game-based perspective, Roland has been at capped stats in Echo Bazaar since he first was introduced as a character. That said, this is as much of a cover for his terrible mental and emotional state as it is a contributing factor to it.
- Cultured Badass: Roland is a fancy man who enjoys fine dining, theatre, literature, and dancing. However, the fact that he hates to be out in public in anything other than a three-piece suit does not stop him from being a very dangerous combatant.
- Combat Pragmatist: Roland enjoys a good fight and a fair match with people when it's friendly. But when things get serious, he's not above cheap shots, using his surroundings, or pulling a gun if he has to.
- Ethical Slut: Roland has very few issues with hooking up with people as long as they're of age, relatively humanoid, and he finds them attractive. Matters like gender and species aren't really a concern for him.
- I Gave My Word: Promises are very important to Oak, and it's all but impossible to get him to turn on a friend.
- My Beloved Smother: Roland's mother was obsessive, controlling, abusive and overly attached to him in the worst ways. There is heavily implied Parental Incest, but Oak doesn't remember or want to remember exactly what happened.
- Love Redeems: Prior to meeting Casey, Oak had planned to move The Bazaar to a new location, leaving London to either fend for itself or be utterly destroyed. Bad experiences with London and its people had left him with a poor opinion of the place, and it wasn't until he fell in love with Casey and got to know their friends that he felt differently.
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Write What You Know: Roland tends to base his works, whether they're stories, symphonies, or ballets off of places and people he's met, and often uses writing as a tool to cope with experiences that weigh heavily on his mind.
Odessa Reyes Isola-Maskylene
Odessa Reyes Isola-Maskylene
RP blog is here
- Ethical Hedonism: Odessa enjoys good food, good drink, and good company, and she's also a very friendly, sweet person who cares about her friends.
- Girly Bruiser: A skilled duelist and an admirer of beauty.
Teresa Banning
Teresa Banning
RP blog is here
- Cool Big Sis: Teresa is a cool and nice person to the urchins, she does it partially as penance for what she did before.
- Parental Abandonment: Her father was left behind in China when her mother was kidnapped, and as far as Teresa knows, her mother is dead.
- Shrinking Violet: Incredibly awkward with emotions, and unlikely to talk to adults she isn't familiar with, unless under extreme circumstances.
- Street Urchin: Grew up in the Flit (on the streets) alone after being separated from her mother.
- The Ingenue: Somehow, despite growing up on the streets and losing her parents. Very trusting of those who seem like upright people. Thinks Muscaria Brandy is a good drink, not knowing that it's actually lethal.
- The Runaway: Fled from the Lakewood Lodge after she saw the Seventh Man.
The Obstreperous Assassin
The Obstreperous Assassin
RP Blog is here
- Oblivious to His Own Description: They don't realise that they are, in fact, loud.
- Trauma Conga Line: First they end up working for the Cheesemonger. Then they betray her. Then they're chased out to Polythreme, lose their only existing friend, have their soul taken, get their ass kicked by the Bishop of Southwark, go insane.... At the end of it, even Gunsche feels sorry for them.
Dr. Cameo "Scary Teeth" Thurlow
Dr. Cameo "Scary Teeth" Thurlow
RP blog is here
- Celibate Hero: Thurlow is aromantic, but not asexual. They turned to celibacy due to their personal hangups about having sex outside of a romantic relationship.
- Cheshire Cat Grin: Their player has remarked that if Thurlow smiles, it's probably either at someone else's expense or because they're out of their mind. They certainly grin a lot when they're insane. (This doesn't apply to literally every time they've smiled on camera, but exceptions are rare.)
- Creepy Shadowed Undereyes: "It's not eyeshadow. I just haven't slept well since before I came to the Neath."
- The Danza: Having originated as an Author Avatar rather than being planned as a RP character (and then splitting into a unique character within days), their first name comes from their player's screenname.
- Dashingly Dapper Derby: Like Shewa (they have the same portrait in-game), usually wears a bowler hat with a flower in it. Specifically, theirs has a droopy fake daisy.
- I Gave My Word: Following through with their word and doing a good job of it is quite important to Thurlow! (They have a high Steadfast stat in-game.) The sole exception is giving up on the search for the Name.
- Ink-Suit Actor: Their Author Avatar roots are also the reason why they look virtually identical to their player's self-portraits.
- The Insomniac: Due to a poorly-controlled Nightmares stat, Thurlow doesn't get very much sleep. Hence the dark eye circles.
- Killer Rabbit: The only outwardly intimidating thing Thurlow has going for them is their Scary Teeth; they otherwise look like a skinny teenager and a grumpy expression just looks sort of adorably petulant rather than threatening.
- The Madness Place: A sort of spread-out version of the trope. One of the main factors contributing to Thurlow's revolving door of insanity is their habit of running themself into the ground when they've got a project to work on. They don't go so far as to stop eating or sleep any less than they already do, but no amount of stress will get them to take a break (or enough of a break, anyway) before they quite literally go insane. (Which forces them to take a break.)
- Messy Hair: A wild, gravity-defying mess. It was somewhat tidier in the earliest drawings of Thurlow, leading to a theory that the Correspondence fried their hair.
- Mysterious Middle Initial: They have been known to sign their name "C. A. Thurlow". What does the A stand for? Even their author isn't sure. (It does not stand for "Cameo Appearance", though that was what inspired the choice of initial.)
- Not That Kind of Doctor: Dr. Thurlow is a scientist, not a medical doctor.
- Older Than They Look: They look about 16, but they're actually in their thirties.
- Sanity Slippage: Thurlow manages to make this trope cyclical. They'll be as psychologically healthy as they ever get, then have their stability degrade from stress and nightmares and fresh new sources of trauma, experience a psychotic break when this gets to be too much, and then be in good mental health again once they get out of the State of Some Confusion. Often there's more see-sawing between recovering and Sanity Slippage between the start and end of the cycle, but that's the simplest version of it.
- Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?: "Cameo" is Thurlow's actual first name, not a pseudonym. They were raised by bohemians. Their player has occasionally mentioned that they have a brother and sister with equally strange names.
Alexis Tucker
Alexis Tucker
RP blog is here
- Conditioned to Accept Horror: Hints that they were brought up in an environment that was severely Harmful to Minors (more specifically, that their mother pimped them out as a child prostitute), but Alexis themself doesn't see what was wrong with their childhood. After a series of talks with Roland and others, Alexis has slowly come to realize that their childhood was abnormal, and has begun to slowly resent their parents for it.
- Dissonant Serenity: Alexis will quite happily have a polite conversation while still wiping the blood off a knife they just stabbed someone with, as Elizabeth discovered one unfortunate night.
- Eye Scream: A sorrow-spider bit one of their eyes off while they were dead.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Soullessness hasn't made them completely heartless. They're especially attached to animals.
- Lack of Empathy: Via soullessness, although they're not lacking nearly as much emotional ability as they'd have you believe.
- Self-Made Orphan: Believes they were responsible for the death of their parents, albeit by accident; whether there is truth to it or not remains to be seen.
- The Soulless: They were quite happy to get rid of their soul. After all, it only brought pain to them.
- Sugar-and-Ice Personality: Alexis presents a cold front towards others as a general rule. The hints of a sweeter side are few and far between.
Zaffre Euclase
Zaffre Euclase
RP blog is here
- Ambiguously Brown: Since Cameo hasn't decided what Zaffre's ethnic background is, they're this trope until that happens. They've got medium-light brown skin, blue eyes, and long straight blue hair.
- Cheshire Cat Grin: While Zaffre is disqualified from being a Perpetual Smiler since they break their streak occasionally (for instance, upon receiving a disconcerting letter), they often bear a big chipper :D face at inappropriate times.
- Color-Coded for Your Convenience: Zaffre is really keen on blue.
- Foregone Conclusion: The main reason Zaffre exists is to be an outlet for Cameo to seek the Name, so they were doomed from the start. (This was part of their introductory post.)
- Meaningful Name: Zaffre is the name of a shade of blue and the pigment used to obtain it; euclase is a blue mineral. (Their first name is a pseudonym for sure, but Euclase might be their actual surname.)
Antagonists with their own blogs:
Vincent Abrams
Vincent Abrams
RP blog is here
- Butt-Monkey: The cast's opinions of him range from vague distaste to utter contempt. Alexis stabbed him (which was actually not personal) and Thurlow sends him a constant stream of boxed cats. The Porcelain Lady makes no effort at all to disguise her opinion on him.
Jeremiah Lakewood
Jeremiah Lakewood
RP blog is here
- Absolute Xenophobe: Jeremiah is an English nationalist to the extreme, believing that England is for the English (read: WASPs), and upon entering London, was faced with some extreme culture shock. Rather than trigger introspection and self-awareness, this has caused him to seek the destruction of deviants, monsters, and foreigners.
- As the Good Book Says...: Started spouting Bible passages that supported his viewpoint as he slipped further and further into insanity.
- Hunter of Monsters: Wild beasts, monsters, exceptionally strong people, people he's been tasked to track; it really doesn't matter to him what his prey is, as long as the hunt is thrilling to him.
- Room Full of Crazy: Started to decorate his lair with furs and all the knucklebones he took from his victims.
The Lakewood Lodge
Elias Crowe
- A Taste of the Lash: Crowe engages in mortification with a scourge during prayer.
- Sinister Minister: In addition to the murder-cult, Crowe leads one of the most regressive churches in London.
Abigail Tate
- Demolitions Expert: During her fight with Roland, she keeps throwing smoke bombs and then, finally, a grenade. She makes them herself.
Samael
- Blonde Republican Sex Kitten: She's blonde, with an "icy beauty" about her that frequently inspires... unclerical thoughts in Crowe.
Virgil
- Deadpan Snarker: The amount of sass from Virgil when being interrogated by Harpelynn and Blackleaf is impressive.
- Undying Loyalty: Virgil's loyalty to the Lodge is beyond reproach, despite the way they treat him.
Mr Moloch
- The Brute: Moloch is a gorilla of a man, and fills this role well.
- Gosh Darn It to Heck!: Even when faced with Jane, the person he hates most, he still can't bring himself to swear.
Mrs Webster
The Seventh Man
- Name Amnesia: "He has no name. It died with him in the first fire brought by Lakewood."
Characters that appear on blogs, but do not have their own:
Elizabeth Greene
Elizabeth Greene
- Break the Cutie: Her mother's initial suspicion and dismissal upon their first meeting very nearly managed this in one go.
- English Rose: While she is certainly more spirited than the common English Rose, she fits the description of a quietly beautiful, soft-but-strong, polite young Englishwoman unusually well.
- Obliviously Beautiful: She has yet to appreciate how much of a difference her stunning looks make in her dealings with others, attributing willingness to assist or entertain her as that person simply having a 'Good Nature'.
- Parental Abandonment: Separated from her mother at age ten due to her extended family's meddling, her father having been killed some years before.
- Wide-Eyed Idealist: Elizabeth has yet to let the darkness of the 'Neath seep into her heart; she is too distracted by honey-dreams and a succession of beautiful friends to notice the grimier parts of the 'Neath.
The Porcelain Lady
The Porcelain Lady
- Bodyguarding a Badass: The Lady is quite capable of handling herself without Alphonse's help.
- Even Evil Has Standards: A sinister spymistress and consummate blackmailer she may be, but the Lady cannot abide with an orphan matron stealing children's souls.
- Facial Horror: Her porcelain mask conceals horrific burn scars inflicted by a jealous ex-lover.
- The Spymaster: She is a highly ranked piece in the Great Game, and (according to her, at least) has a very extensive network of agents.
Retired/Out of Play characters
Byron Mattias
Byron Mattias
Used to have a RP blog, but it no longer exists.- Gayngster: He's working with the devils, who do tend to act like gangsters. (I don't think he was associated with a specific organized crime ring before that.) Also he'll seduce men, women, and Individuals of Mysterious and Indistinct Gender alike if he can somehow profit from doing so, regardless of whether he's attracted to them.
- The Hilarity of Hats: He involuntarily accumulated over a hundred Ridiculous Hats.
- Insistent Terminology: For one thing, according to Byron his (former) job title is "Freelance Duelling Consultant".
- Jerkass: He's not working against the PCs, so he's not technically an antagonist, but he's a grumpy jerk.
Chaucer Milling
Chaucer Milling
RP blog is here
- Our Ghosts Are Different: Chaucer spent some time as an angry restless ghost before acquiring his current body. (He may still technically be a ghost that happens to be possessing most of a human body and a selection of books. It's not a subject that's been examined in much detail.) He is unaware of this.
Flap
Flap
RP blog is here
- Loss of Identity: They've completely forgotten much of their life on the surface, as well as the memories of an unknown length of time when they first started living in Fallen London.
- Note to Self: Their memories of current events tend to be spotty, so they keep a journal to help remind them of what they've found out and who they've met.
Harpelynn
Harpelynn
RP blog is here
- Beware the Nice Ones: Harpelynn is polite, gentlemanly, pleasant and views violence as an absolute last resort. He is also capable of terrible things. Just because he treats violence as a last resort doesn't mean he'll hesitate or hold back when he does consider it to be warranted, you see.
- Determinator: Tends to hang onto consciousness — occasionally life — by sheer force of will.
- Defective Detective: Harpelynn's old cases come back to haunt him and he has trouble forming trusting, lasting relationships with others because he's afraid of losing them. This has been remedied somewhat.
- Dissonant Serenity: He's sometimes a little too blase about murder...
- Drowning My Sorrows: If he drinks, he drinks to forget.
- Dude Looks Like a Lady: Though he identifies openly as male, he's still technically an Individual of Mysterious and Indistinct Gender with the attending androgyny. When he wears a dress he can pass for a short-haired woman.
- Made of Iron: Shrugs off injuries like he's immune to them while fighting. He certainly isn't.
- Pragmatic Hero: Will do what needs to be done. If it requires getting his hands dirty, he's never been afraid of that.
- Perpetual Smiler: He smiles all the time and it's a little disturbing.
- Terror Hero: Harpelynn frequently employs psychological warfare as part of his arsenal. Sometimes he even allows himself to enjoy it.
- Wholesome Crossdresser: Male, but he wears dresses frequently and sings.
Margaret
Margaret
RP blog is here
- Bilingual Bonus: Margaret speaks Gàidhlig (scots gaelic) fluently, though she denies it. Gàidhlig words and grammar tend to sneak into her vocabulary when she's stressed.
- Only Sane Man: Possibly the nearest thing the group has to one.
Rachis
Rachis
RP blog is here
- Animal Motifs: Rachis is likened to a bird quite often.
- Animal Theme Naming: A rachis is the shaft of a feather.
- Cool Mask: Prefers to wear a feathered masquerade mask at most times.
Rolias Watt
Rolias Watt
RP blog is here
- Covered with Scars: Has lots of scars. Most though not all of them are from the self-mutilation that seeking the Name requires.
Shewa
Shewa
RP blog is here
- Ambiguous Gender: Pronouns "xe" and "xer" are used to refer to this character.
- Badass Longcoat: Shewa is pretty much never seen without xer long black coat.
- Cool Shades: Shewa has a pair of purple sunglasses that xe likes to wear.
- Dashingly Dapper Derby: Usually wears a bowler hat with a flower.
Thoth Milling
Thoth Milling
- Intelligible Unintelligible: He doesn't have the anatomy to pronounce English phonemes, but he can communicate fine with Chaucer.
