Orpheus Bane
From Changeling Venue
| Seeming | Fairest Shadowsoul |
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| Court | Autumn Court •••• |
| Freehold | Dunasheen |
| Player | Steve Clapton |
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Overview
Alias(es): Orpheus
Real Name: Robert Kirkpatrick
Age: chronologically 37 but appears to be in his mid to late 40s.
Concept: teller of ghost stories
Entitlement: The Knighthood of the Dragonslayer
Keeper: Lady Bolevile
Physical description: Mortal Mask - Standing about 6 feet tall with short neat hair. He has refined features and cold blue/grey eyes. He dresses simply but business like with the odd almost theatrical touch. He often wears cotton gloves as his hands are icy to the touch. Fae Mien - High angular features, but with a hint of coldness behind them. His hair seems to made of shadowy wisps which if you stare at him seems to move to disguise his outline.
Character Information
Known History
Basic Timeline:
- 10th Feb 1970 – Born
- 1988 – 1991 – Attended University met his wife and fell in love. Specialises in bio chemical reactions to fear stimuli.
- 1992 – His daughter is born. Later that year taken by a servant of the Gentry and delivered to them. His fetch arrives home late after a car breakdown.
- 1997 – Escapes from Arcadia and emerges near Loch Ness. Eventually makes contact with other Changelings and learns about the local society. Joins the Autumn Court and the Inverness Freehold.
- 1999 – 2002 – Travels far and wide learning more about the Changelings and his own power. Studies under various mentors to learn more of his powers and returns to Inverness assured of his power and abilities.
- October 2002 – He confronts his fetch with fatal consequences. His arrogance and confidence both take beating.
- 2003 – Withdraws into himself following the deaths of his family until someone manages to bring him out of it. (potential PC link there).
- 2004 – present – returns to active life in Inverness. Starts the ghost walks business and becomes somewhat know as a local ghost expert and storyteller.
Current Activities:
Runs a small company giving guided Ghost Walks around Inverness as well as visits to Culloden and other local sights of folklore to keep the local population and tourists afraid of the dark and the past. The rest of the time he spends offering to help other Lost explore and perhaps come to understand their fears, for a price of course. Often seen at the Tomnahurich Market as a buyer.
Merit Details: Striking Looks 4
Background:
Motley
"Simplicity is the glory of Expression"
Mr Bane has recently formed a Motley with Reeva and Steampunk.
Allies
Rea - Orpheus has been known to sometimes let Rea 'help out' on some of his ghost tours.
Hoffman of the Verdant Sanctuary - Orpheus spent some weeks at Hoffman's Sanctuary in early 2003 as he dealt with his feelings following the death of his wife and child at the hands of his Fetch.
Tanis - Orpheus stayed with Tanis for a while during what he refers to as his 'walking the Earth' phase.
Clara - The Oracle gave Orpheus a fortune reading not long after he escaped through the Hedge, since then she has acted as a court based mentor for him.
Reeva - A wee, spry Swimmerskin who came looking for some extra cash.
Graceful Aline - Orpheus once lent her a jacket and refused to take it back after she had finished with it.
Killian - An on and off visitor to Orpheus' home. They seem to have a history going back a few years. Observers have yet to decide whether the visits are friendly or not.
Enemies
Robert Kirkpatrick - Orpheus' Fetch. Currently detained in a secure mental hospital after it was found guilty of the murder of Ilia and Rachel Kirkpatrick but tried to claim that a magical doppleganger was responsible for the crime. Orpheus knows that should his Fetch ever gain its freedom again there will be a showdown between them.
Quotes
- "FDR once said that we have nothing to fear but fear itself. How right he is. Yet it doesn't stop so many people being afraid of the truth." - Orpheus Bane
- "Mister Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeeee?" - Reeva
- "This geezer should watch who he calls gelded!" - Brawlin' Bram, after consulting a dictionary...
- "Orpheus Bane is no friend of my court." - Aleksander Sokol
- "It just goes to show, sometimes the best sort of deals can come out of the most unlikely starting points. He's honest even if the truth hurts, and I admire that." - Aria
- "I have seen darkness in more than one Lost, many of us are hurt and many of us are broken. I have never seen anyone who actually enjoys it before. His soul is an abyss I will not willingly stare into a second time." - Graceful Aline
- "He's misunderstood. Yeah, he comes off as this horrible monster to a lot of people... but f*cking hell ladies and gents, he's a victim, just like the rest of us! If Reeva trusts him, then I trust him. Besides, we've got along famously" - Steampunk
- "Everyone seems to think he's honest; and he might be. But he's very wrong about some people. Just, completely wrong..." - Deyanira
- "One way or another, it's spirits that are going to end him." - Hoffman
- "He's so convinced that he's unworthy of a second chance that he will make sure he never gets one. He clings to his darkness like it comforts him and perhaps it does. The tragedy is it doesn't have to be that way, but he will not seek help." - Graceful Aline
- "One has to respect, if not admire, the utter dedication of the man to his cause, what he will do to see his desired results achieved. I have to admit to being devilishly curious as to how many means he possesses, to meet his ends with..." - Toby
Rumors
- Orpheus cannot leave an opened bottle of whisky undrunk. Some claim this is some sort of ban whilst others assume he just drinks heavily to forget some past shame or to prevent a future one.
- Orpheus is a member of the Scarecrow Ministry.
- Orpheus is a member of the College of Worms.
- Orpheus has an aversion to seeing his own reflection in mirrors.
- A bit like Santa Claus, Orpheus is said to have a list and he often checks it. Few expect that the list includes those that have been nice though.
OOC Info
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