Ashton Keyes
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| Seeming | Darkling Antiquarian |
|---|---|
| Court | Autumn Court •••• |
| Freehold | The Freehold of Corpus |
| Player | Felix |
Contents |
Overview
Alias(es):
- The Archivist Hissnclick
Mortal Alias:
- Ashton Keyes
Age:
- 34
Concept:
- The Opportunist.
Entitlement:
Relevant Mechanics:
Character Livejournal:
Mien
- Age: Late 20's
- Height: 6'1
- Weight: 153 pounds
- Nationality: Indeterminate
- Eyes: Black, with floating blue embers.
- Hair: Black, with blue undertones.
- Facial Hair: None.
- Habits: Ashton speaks quietly, and without opening his mouth much, if at all.
- Clothes: He wears stylish, but subdued Hedgespun Garments in the palatte of his Season.
- Distinguishing Marks: His skin is blueish black, hairless, and slightly glossy, with darker stripes that break up his outline. His nails, gums, and tongue are almost black, with blue undertones. His teeth have been altered, and are wickedly sharp looking, like a shark. His tongue has also been split, and resembles a snake's tongue more than anything. This gives him a hissing lisp, and he does his best to hide these last two features.
- Mantle: He almost always ends up trodding silently through Autumn leaves.
- Trivia: He bleeds and cries ink.
- Equipment: He is rarely found without his notebook, and occasionally a briefcase of samples. You never know what he might have for sale that day.
Mask
- Age: 24
- Height: 5'9"
- Weight: 163
- Nationality: Caucasian
- Eyes: Dark Blue
- Hair: Raven Black
- Facial Hair: None
- Habits: He speaks with his mouth closed or barely open, and prefers to communicate via email and written notes.
- Clothes: He dresses frugally, but never without style and often in shades of gray and rust.
- Distinguishing Marks: Not even his Mask fully hides the extent of his alterations in Arcadia. A dentist would find the sharpness of his teeth alarming, most unsettling as they assume it a body modification from a more youthful time. His tongue is rather long, and bifuricated.
Published Works
Listing:
- Dealing with Hedgebeasts - This short dissertation is printed on sturdy parchment, and written in an antique font. Hissnclick will usually drop off a few copies at whatever Freehold he visits.
Current Activities:
For now Ashton Keyes fronts as an archivist, appraiser, auctioneer and procurer of rare things among the mortals.
For his fellow Changelings, Ashton has many connections, offering goods and services of many bents. Fake documentation is his most common good in this vein. He is also a known Hedge expert, and has helped construct some very impressive Hallows and Golbin Fruit gardens.
Motley
Allies
- Lilian - A hot dish with a cold heart, his sometimes business partner, sometimes rival; but its all in fun.
- The_Mouse - A good friend, a stout ally, and occasionally a client for his employment service.
- Arien_Steele - His former student and current friend.
- Rigger - Ashton occasionally sends some work Rigger's way, and Rigger does it in a timely fashion. From this, something of a friendship's formed.
- Maelstrom - The Regent of Storms
- Gaea - A lovely lady with a hostel almost as charming as she is.
- Clara - A fellow courtier, and an excellent healer. I frequent her Hedge Facility, Thorndale_Manor often, for pleasure and business.
- Rowan
Character Ties
Want a character tie? Here's some ideas.
- Ashton usually gives newly escaped Changling he meets a New Identity at 2 dots in exchange for a small favor later.
- Ashton is an expert on the Hedge, and may have consulted on the construction of a Hallow, Goblin Fruit gardens, etc.
- Ashton is able to find work for other changeling-usually of the seedy, semi-legal or downright illegal kind.
Character Inspirations
Soundtrack
Quotes
- "Take whatever you can grab."
- "Angry? I know you are. But what are you gonna do, twist your Keeper's nipples? You need weapons, and I know where to get them."
- "Nothing given without recompense, no vows broken without consequence."
From Others
- "He's extremely skilled at manipulating those thorns. I've seen few that could rate up to his skill" - Dr Somnus
- "There is no better friend than the one there when you need him, and still there even after you need him." ~ Maelstrom
- "He can get you what you want, or what you need, just make certain that you're willing to pay the price, and remind him that sometimes what he thinks is fair is far too high." - Gaea
- "It's not his fault, but he acts like it is. I wish I could take that burden from him." - Rowan
- "He calls himself 'The Archivist'... what is he trying to hide? Not a proper name at all, but just a title, perhaps he needs to open up more so that he can call himself something just a little bit easier to remember!" Emma Hart
- "It is yet to be seen if he can handle that which he seeks" - Cain Grimm
- "All people seek justice at some point in time or another, Ashton sometimes just sets his up in advance is all." - Gilded
Rumors
Ashton is said to have an eating disorder of his own, thanks to his gentry.
Some wonder what connections Ashton actually has, as his capabilities seem out of proportion for even a Changeling.
Relative to a cockroach, he prefers the name 'HissnClick!'
Ashton is one of the only people that doesn't like Emma Hart. In fact, he's out to get her!
