Monday, April 29, 2019

Men About Town

While the elf houses dominate the upper circles of the city, theirs is far from complete monopoly. People (and others) of all stripes may be found among the rich and elegant, in the secret parlors and closed societies of Ouroboros. They are legion, and they are ever-changing as the city itself fluxes, but here are some of them. Let's say, I don't know, 10 of them.

Little red riding hood...
Just your average citizens!

High Society

1
Mournival Croak, reptile-faced and shark-eyed, dressed in the finest rumpled suits, master of parlor games, always wants to raise the stakes, holds deliriously decadent teas.
2
Carthus von Umlaut, always armored in polished yellow bone and black lace, grim duelist obsessed with his own prophesied death, the details of which he will not reveal.
3
Fibbing Jim, eyes like the moon and skin as pale, wardrobe selected daily by his sister, always getting suckered into get-rich-quick schemes, possessed by mania and a legendary stutter, a deadly shot with a flintlock despite his shaking hands.
4
Astarte, toga-clad and lit by an inner golden radiance, resembles a marble statue come to life, always in a dynamic pose, obsessed with obtaining the respect befitting a god, which she certainly believes herself to be and may be.
5
Her Fecundity Margot von Caligula, voluptuous and cruel, wears only a thick cloud of incense
6
Le Infante, more toad than child, wears a suave coat of teeth, breeds odd snakes and bugs in his terribly wealthy parents' estate, always displaying them and holding auctions before a terrified and captive audience, usually there are disappearances when no sales are made.
7
Tiger Glamerung, graceful and massive cat with prosthetic limbs of porcelain, each tipped in too-human hands, she is known for her approximate knowledge of many things, which she generally has an oily sense of humor about.
8
Lady Misanthrope, clad in mourning veil and wielding bladed fans, surrounded at all times by unbreachable ranks of simpering sychophants, oh her husband's loss was so terrible, and to lose the child too, so soon after...Likely possessed by a demon from another Ouroboros.
9
Locust von Villaine, an oily-mustached troubadour and privateer, legendary for his compositions and his skill with the bardiche, well-loved despite the gravedirt and creepy-crawlies leaking from his every orifice.
10
Maharan, iridescent with patches of rainbow scales, augmented with shawls and scarves of gemstones, champion swimmer and industrious shipbuilder, funds dozens of charities, harbors her own harem of elf men much against the wishes of the houses they have fled.

Takato Yamamoto vampire clown fine art
I'm actually in love with Takato Yamamoto

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