Old Hob
From Changeling Venue
| Seeming | Ogre Gristlegrinder |
|---|---|
| Court | Autumn Court •• |
| Freehold | The White City |
| Player | Lliogor@gmail.com |
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Alias(es): Aleph, L.F., Hobnail, Ole One-Eye, Scarface, Big Dawg
Real Name: Lichfield Hobbes
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Age: Appears mid 30s
Seeming: Ogre
Kith: Gristlegrinder
Court: Autumn
Title(s): The Tyrant of Autumn; The Monster of South Chicago
Virtue: Justice
Vice: Wrath
Concept: The cannibal beast, the horrible monster, the terrible threat that children fear.
Physical description: A real monster, his face is torn and broken. One eye white and milky, seemingly blind. His lips cracked and split. His face riddled with scars. His body is huge, bloated and hulking. His clothing often dirty, torn and stained. The most obvious differences between his mask and mien are subtle. His protruding teeth, the strange way he tends to have his clothes sewn together, the odd stains of blood that seem to appear and disappear on his clothes.
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Character Livejournal:
Absolutely Unamazing Tales, Not Really for Anybody
All pending approvals (of course).
Bad Blood, Being Born is Nothing Special, Practically Everyones Done It.
- 1951 - Born outside of Boston
- Abusive Father, Distant Mother
- Early Drug Use and Experimentation
- Spent most of his time on the street, fighting
- Murders his Father at Age 12 with a wrench.
- Looking for ties in Boston
- Half-Brother of Maze
Freedom, Slavery, and Other Things That Remind us of Home
- 1963 – Sentenced to Juvenile detention in the Concord Youth Reformatory.
- Meets his “brother” Maze briefly and is disturbed by the changes in him.
- 1965 – Taken (Age 14) – The Huntsman, he is forced to run and chase and hunt over and over again. Used as a monstrous hound and guard dog for years.
- Fellow Hound to Blake den Fleischer.
- Placed as a guard over the wilds of the collection.
- Looking for fellow captives in the Collection
The Importance of Living, or why it is Better to Eat than be Eaten
- 1973 – Escapes the Huntsman's preserve by killing two other guards and fleeing with a group of other Changelings. Each Changeling is captured or lost, one by one. Hob flees alone into the Hedge.
- Failing to find a way back to the world, Hob is found by The Twilight King as he wanders the edges between worlds.
- 1975 – Stumbles into the White City, the fallen Hollow of old Chicago. He manages to find his way into the waking world and finally “escape” his time in Faerie.
- Joins the Autumn Court as a bruiser
- Begins the legend of Old Hob, commits the very first Old Hob murder on the South Side of Chicago.
- Joins the Scarecrow Ministry as Old Hob.
- Establishes himself in Evergreen Park, a south suburb of Chicago. Binds himself to the suburb with a pledge and solidifies both his presence there and his future.
- Looking for ties in the Autumn Court
- Looking for ties in Chicago, Great Lakes
- Joins the Autumn Court as a bruiser
- 1976 - First Old Hob Murder in Evergreen Park, Illinois
Its not the Same as the Old Boss
- 1981 – While searching the Hedge near the White City Hob vanishes. He is not seen for some time. He is presumed dead.
- 1986 – Returns to Chicago, having escaped the Goblin slavers who had captured him in the hedge. He leads a raid to slaughter the slavers and establishes a hatred of them.
- Second "Old Hob" Murder in Evergreen Park, Illinois
- Returns to active duty as a Scarecrow
- Looking for ties in the Autumn Court
- Looking for ties in Chicago, Great Lakes
- 1989 - Begins to travel regularly, seems unable or unwilling to stay in one area for any length of time.
- Travels back to Boston, looking for family.
- 1990 – Forms the band Exit to Eden with several others.
- Moves to Boston full time, works part time doing odd jobs.
- 1991 - Leaves Exit to Eden
Pulling the Apple Cart
- 1992 - Spends a year in Chicago before leaving abrubtly following an attack by Privateer Slavers
- 1994 - Third "Old Hob" murder in Oak Lawn, Illinois
Tyrany in the Windy City, Learning to Cook
- 1998 - Sets up operations in Chicago again; travels widely on hunts and as a BH
- Moves into the neighborhood; makes pledges to establish Old Hob once more
- Fights to establish himself as local Autumn Court power
- Looking for ties in the Autumn Court
- Looking for ties in Chicago, Great Lakes
- 1999 - Claims the Crown of Autumn King in Chicago
- 2004 - Fourth "Old Hob" murder in Beverly, Illinois
Fools, Foes, Food, Friends and Family
- Ae Lament Trouble is a funny thing. Seriously, I've gotten myself in some bad spots, some really stupid spots, some totally likely to end up with me dead spots. Well, Ae's helped get me into and out of enough of em now that I'd prolly have to say, next to my Bro, she's all the family I got. When she goes back to kick their asses, I'll be going along too. I'll be dragging a fucking tac-nuke too. Hell and back? Fuck yea. Hell's not even a little trouble at this point.
- Adra You do a job, sometimes you find others doing a job on you. Sometimes you find that its better for everyone to, well, suspend buisness until a better time right. Like a time when you are not both being hounded by a pack of hob-gob dogmen for instance.
- Adrian Trask Lawyers suck. But some can be good guys too. Its one of those things, where a thing is one way and it is also the other way. You know, confusing. Still, he gets me out of jail and only manages to whine about it for a few hours. So, he's not so bad.
- Blake den Fleischer Brothers in arms, or maybe legs would be more appropriate. I've run more alongside him than anyone else. I'm glad I do not remember most of it.
- Crash I hate losing a fight. I hate losing period but I really hate losing a fight. Crash is one of those people that you can beat and beat and beat and then he turns into a rhino or something and steps on you. Which isn't at all fair but I suppose I cannot say anything. I'd turn into a rhino and step on him if our positions were reveresed.
- Dashel Someone told me once that lies can smooth over many things and make life easier. I hit them quick, people like that are tricky. Turns out they were right though, cause sometimes the truth just will not work and Exit will not let me hit someone. When that happens, its Dash's eff'ing job. And he can eff'ing have it.
- Edria Meredith "Neither a borrower, nor a lender be." Which I am pretty sure means I fucked up somewhere.
- Maze Blood is supposedly thicker than water. I'm not sure though, whenever I mix them I just get pink water.
- Mira Blade OUCH! Do not punch the sharp ones!
- Myo What does she mean that I do this to myself? I know damn well that other dude is the one who broke my leg. He was jumping up and down on it after all.
- Savant Absinthium Someone asked me once why I thought that the Courts needed protecting. I was gonna hit them but then I remembered something Savant said. Then I forgot so I hit the guy anyways.
- Tommy Blue Tommy is good people. Really. What? Oh well sure, sure, she prolly did all that, but like, she did it for a good reason. What? Cause she was bored sounds like a good reason to me, you wanna make something of it?
- Valentine Church Little goth boy, uhm, I guess they are supposed to be Emo now. Why that lousy comedian has a following anymore is beyond me. Anyways, he's alright, mostly alright; decent anyways. Slippery little dude, seriously slippery.
Appetizers
- Bogeyman
- Redcaps, whoohoo, I miss them!
- Tyranids
- The Reavers
- Fezzik, the Princess Bride
- The Maxx
Things to Listen To
- A Drug Against War - KMFDM
- Am I Demon - Danzig
- Battery - Metallica
- The Beast - Concrete Blonde
- Berserk - Suicidal Tendencies
- The Boogie Monster - Gnarls Barkley
- Du Hast - Rammstein
- Enter Sandman - Metallica
- Fear of the Dark - Iron Maiden
- Gift of Fury - Basil Poledouris
- Seek and Destroy - Metallica
The Tales No One Tells
Stuff People Said
"Well yeah, he took a chunk outta me, I mean he had teeth, and he could punch real good. I mean look at the bones, I think he left one of them teeth in my axe once. Good fight really. He also knows all the good watering holes in Chicago." - Wilhelm
"Creepy? Yes. Violent? Yes. Evil? Maybe. What's not to like? Plus, he's got some great jokes." - Ras
"Old Hob is a real role model of mine -- one of the veteran ministers you hear about. Someone who's really gone into the role. And the movie has made his image horror gold way beyond Chicago; it's one of the classics in my repertoire for strangers where I don't know some specific heart terror to evoke. Something about the teeth. They catch a glimpse out of the corner of their eye and you know they aren't going to walk down this dark alley or dark forest path again." - Mira Blade
"I'm not saying he's an unnecessarily creepy, twisted, evil psychopathic killer that touches himself inappropriately at the thought of human suffering...no, seriously, I'm not saying it. He'd eat me alive, slowly, just to prove me right." - Dzxoxian Brokehorn
"I like Hob. I know other people who like Hob, too. I know someone who likes Hob more than those other people. And that's funny!" - Sirius Grin
"Old Hob is good people. He totally beat the crap out of a Darkling, as I tried to eat the Darkling's friend. Some day I hope to beat people as well as he does!" - Jack
"He is the type of man where you could sit in the palm of his hand and never know for sure if he'll let you down or crush you. That there is charm. La Salle to LaSalle... a straight line, peculiar." - Madame Nuit
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The Things They Say
- Hob is known to eat his opponents.
- Hob is a serial killer.
- Hob has a glass eye.
- Hob lost his eye escaping the Hedge.
- Hob made a series of horror movies in the 1990s.
- Hob used to play base in a rock band.
- Hob will not fight with members of the Summer or Autumn courts.
- Hob never accepts contracts on members of the Summer or Autumn courts.
Credit for this page goes to Stephanie Williams. Thanks Steph! ~ Jake and Lana
