I hope I’m using this Community right. I’m just really excited about this character and want to share her. :)

I hope I’m using this Community right. I’m just really excited about this character and want to share her. 🙂

Originally shared by Robert Bohl

My character for a game of John Harper’s Blades in the Dark we’re gonna play this Sunday. I love this lady. She’s part of a smuggling crew of ex-military people, called the Wobbegong Crew (named after a camouflaging shark).

Willoughby (Serena), also known as the Crow, formerly Cpt. Serena Willoughby, of the Imperial Emissary Academy (a spy school)

Grew up as a Skovlan refugee in Duskvol, lost her parents young, got snapped up by the Academy before her accent went away and raised to be fervently patriotic. Was a very effective spy in the war, but resigned her commission when she found out something horrifying. Her life was always tough, since she was born with the mystic ability to tell when people were lying. Knowing this, her superiors mostly delivered her orders written, or via catspaws, so their deceptions weren’t revealed. She won’t talk about what she learned, or what made her revoke her commission. But she lost her husbands and children to the war, and after resigning, starts in the process of drinking and drugging herself to death. She got the job with the crew to keep her in substances and what little food she takes in, but she’s quickly finding herself reacting (unwillingly, almost) to the camaraderie of working in a unit with people. Maybe she’ll even want to save herself some day, thanks to them.

Playbook: Slide

Heritage: Skovlan, War refugee turned government tool

Background: Military, Spy in the war against her own people

Action dots:

Insight: 1

• Study: 1

Prowess: 2

• Finesse: 1

• Prowl: 1

Resolve: 2

• Consort: 2

• Sway: 2

Special ability:

Like looking into a mirror

You can always tell when someone is lying to you.

This ability works in all situations without restriction. It is very powerful, but also a bit of a curse. You see though every lie, even the kind ones.

Sly friends and rivals:

Friend: Nyryx, a prostitute. I grew up with her on the orphan streets. She’s another Skovlan, and doesn’t know what I’ve done. She’s worried about my over-partying, even though we party together.

Rival: Byrl, a drug dealer. My drug dealer. I’m an annoying, demanding customer who’s not above forcing him to help her out with her needs.

Vice: Stupor, Willoughby is in a constant drive to obliterate her mind and not think; she thinks too much

Looks: A woman, bony and dark, with long, thick hair. She’s got a weary gaze, when it’s not bleary, but she can turn on an affable, open side when necessary.