Investigators Anemone Silverstring Circus sideshow attraction creator with a PhD in bullshitting. Seven feet of personality crammed into a little more than five feet of human. Sickly, not that that she ever lets that stop her. Tarot card reader. Does not have a defined D&D alignment because, were she somehow to wind up in Golarion's afterlife, she could make a completely convincing case for whichever of the nine alignments she felt like. Stats Attributes Strength: 5th percentile Dexterity (gross and fine motor skills): 95th percentile Constitution: 5th percentile Height/weight: 15th percentile Fluid intelligence (reasoning ability, problem-solving): 98th percentile Crystallized intelligence (education, knowledge): 99th percentile Appearance (looks, charisma, raw magnetism): 50th percentile Willpower (force of will, sanity, spellcasting ability): 95th percentile Luck: 15th percentile Best Skills Art and Craft (Forgery) Fast Talk (i.e. lying and bullshitting) Appraise Firearms (Rifle/Shotgun) Psychology (i.e. reading people, noticing lies) Language (Mayan) Dodge Psychoanalysis (i.e. helping people become saner) History Occult Background Elements Description Sickly half-Maya woman who wears a mix of modern American clothing and shawls or belts sporting native American patterns. Ideology Anemone collects superstitious beliefs and adds them to her own, constantly revising her understanding of how to control the spiritual and consequently the physical world. She believes that people should respect the unknown and various spiritual powers, and be willing to call on spirits in times of great need, but also make sure to look out for their own interests. People Thomas Octavian Silverstring, Anemone's younger brother. She worked hard to take care of him after the death of their parents. Key background connection. Zephora, an old woman of unknowable age who did fortune telling and magic tricks near the circus before her health began to deteriorate. Currently lives with her grandson in NYC. The Librarian, Anemone's monstrous childhood imaginary friend. It eats stories. If you're helpful it will tell you some. Magnificence, her trained squirrel monkey. He gets treats if he brings her interesting things. Place The Circus. The only home she's ever known. Wherever the tents are right now is home. Possessions A banjo. Inherited from her father. A patchwork quilt. Her mother sewed it for her when she was a baby. A set of journals. Anemone uses them to record myths, legends, paranormal anecdotes, and encounters with the strange, mystical, or exotic. Personality Curious. Wants to learn about new ideas and unfamiliar stories, especially when she thinks something genuinely bizarre might be going on. Storyteller. Anemone loves telling stories and trying to pass the implausible off as truth. She also likes using her storytelling skills to entertain, ground, and calm down other people. Superstitious. Takes comfort in assigning significance to various objects or actions and imagining that she can control various events by taking the right actions. Also believes in omens and divination. Collector. Hoards whatever weird stuff she can get her hands on, and takes comfort in being able to own things that expand her knowledge of the world. Equipment Wealth: poor Fortune-telling stuff Forgery tools Magnifying glass Flashlight Sewing kit .30 lever-action carbine .38 snubnose revolver Norton ES2 motorcycle Rosaries x10 Handcuffs x2 Expo watch camera Box brownie camera Fire extinguisher Research books Curiosity collection (kept at NYC office) Binoculars First aid kit 100 rifle rounds 100 handgun rounds Portable electric plant (kept on plane) Anita Teller Stats Attributes Strength: 80th percentile Dexterity (gross and fine motor skills): 80th percentile Constitution: 75th percentile Height/weight: 50th percentile Fluid intelligence (reasoning ability, problem-solving): 90th percentile Crystallized intelligence (education, knowledge): 50th percentile Appearance (looks, charisma, raw magnetism): 99.9th percentile Willpower (force of will, sanity, spellcasting ability): 50th percentile Luck: 40th percentile Best Skills Stealth Fast Talk (i.e. lying and bullshitting) Locksmith Art and Craft (Singing) Drive Auto Firearms (Handgun) Psychology Intimidate Dodge Background Elements Description Attractive and well-dressed, skillfully applied makeup Ideology Don't be a jackass and don't take yourself too seriously People Catherine Tarlow, her sister, an Imrainai. Key background connection. Connor Teller, her son. Her two-year-old daughter. Locations The Castle, the nightclub where she met her late husband. Her sister Catherine's house. Possessions Her makeup kit. Her handgun. The wedding ring she no longer wears. Personality Impulsive; free-spirited; protective; materialistic. Equipment Upper-middle-class, borderline wealthy. Clothes: nice clothes and jewelry Car: Chevrolet roadster Gun: .32 revolver. Makeup kit. Binoculars. Mordred Orkney Angry anti-authoritarian socialist journalist. Deep One hybrid who has no idea of this fact. Queer and pining after his best friend. Old money with abusive parents who got out as quickly as he could. Conlanger. Miskatonic University graduate. Really, really fucking hates asylums. Stats Attributes Strength: 80th percentile Dexterity (gross and fine motor skills): 60th percentile Constitution: 75th percentile Height/weight: 50th percentile Fluid intelligence (reasoning ability, problem-solving): 98th percentile Crystallized intelligence (education, knowledge): 95th percentile Appearance (looks, charisma, raw magnetism): 5th percentile Willpower (force of will, sanity, spellcasting ability): 80th percentile Luck: 50th percentile Best Skills Dive Fast Talk (i.e. lying and bullshitting) Library Use Psychology (i.e. reading people, noticing lies) Listen (i.e. eavesdropping) Spot Hidden Firearms (Shotgun) Stealth First Aid Art and Craft (Photography) Background Elements Description Sharp-faced. Undefinably weird-looking. Needs a haircut. Ideology Angry antiauthoritarian 1930s socialist journalist Person Gale: his best friend. Mordred's a little in love with him, not that he'd ever say so. Key background connection. Agravaine: his older half-brother. As of 'if we fight it we still have a chance': Desperately, unsuccessfully, pretending everything is normal and fine; Mordred feels guilty about causing him nightmares and guilty about not feeling guilty enough to stop. Inaaya: his girlfriend. Joined the Bangkok cult when she was sixteen. Born in India with psychic powers; taught herself to read from books she dug out of the garbage. Deeply idealistic. Morgan: his aunt. Told him the occult existed and immediately vanished without a trace. Place His apartment. He and Agravaine live together, and it's the only place he's ever lived where he had meaningful freedom. Possessions Knife: the first thing he ever bought with his own money Blue sea glass: Morgan gave it to him when he was a teenager. There's something strange about how it reflects light. Conlang notes: he's a nerd okay As of 'fancy condos in beverly hills': Gale's rosary: a promise he made to his friend that he'd be safe. Personality Furious: Wants to fight the entire world. It's why he became a journalist and not something with better pay, because the world is broken and he is furious that it is broken. Loyal: His moral principles are weird but he cares about them deeply and would die for any of his loved ones. Phobias Deep water Equipment Wealth: Middle-class Apartment Swiss army knife Flashlight Bicycle Typewriter Camera Pocketwatch camera Oswald Ferrier Former accountant for and abuse victim of his foster father Samson Trammel, the cult leader who was voted Most Deserving To Be Eaten By Gol-Goroth twelve years running. His sister is the most important person in his world, a fact not particularly changed by her membership in the cult of Nyarlathotep. Lev's boyfriend. Stats Attributes Strength: 25th percentile Dexterity (gross and fine motor skills): 80th percentile Constitution: 50th percentile Height/weight: 50th percentile Fluid intelligence (reasoning ability, problem-solving): 98th percentile Crystallized intelligence (education, knowledge): 90th percentile Appearance (looks, charisma, raw magnetism): 75th percentile Willpower (force of will, sanity, spellcasting ability): 50th percentile Luck: 95th percentile Best Skills Accounting Dodge Library Use Intimidate Law Spot Hidden First Aid Listen (i.e. eavesdropping) Stealth History Background Elements Description Forbidding, anguished, striking Ideology Secular People His sister, Lacie, now a cultist. His boyfriend Lev. Location At the piano in his adoptive home. Possession Portable radio receiver. Key background connection. Personality Loyal Phobia Fear of being restrained Equipment Middle class wealth. Portable radio receiver. Handgun. Rosary. Bicycle. Zoe Aletheia Circus acrobat. Believes in the power of her luck to protect her from everything that could go wrong and the power of her vigilance and her gun to protect her friends. Nephren Ka is a fan of her work but that's probably going to be fine, right? Stats Attributes Strength: 90th percentile Dexterity (gross and fine motor skills): 95th percentile Constitution: 75th percentile Height/weight: 25th percentile Fluid intelligence (reasoning ability, problem-solving): 50th percentile Crystallized intelligence (education, knowledge): 50th percentile Appearance (looks, charisma, raw magnetism): 80th percentile Willpower (force of will, sanity, spellcasting ability): 80th percentile Luck: 98th percentile Best Skills Climb Dodge Jump Charm (i.e. making people like you) Art and Craft (Circus Performer) Psychology (i.e. reading people, noticing lies) Spot Hidden Firearms (Shotgun) First Aid Stealth Background Elements Description Compact, lithe, solid, graceful Ideology Suicide Club lets her practice the skills she needs. People [as of 'hold your hat and hang on to your soul'] She has to stay away from Ralph to keep him safe. Anemone's memory reminds her that the story isn't over yet. Zoe promised Anemone to take full responsibility for Magnificence's care and wellbeing. Location [as of 'hold your hat and hang on to your soul'] The circus is a reminder of a life she can no longer have. Possession Corde lisse clears her mind and makes her love her body. Personality [as of 'hold your hat and hang on to your soul'] Zoe can trust that things will eventually work out for her. She needs to protect her friends. They will be okay if she is good enough. Equipment Pocket knife: victorinox swiss army knife Shotgun: plus some amount of ammo Cigarette lighter: zippo Pocketbook: brown suede Handkerchiefs: "blow" one in whiteworked linen; "show" one in raw silk Compact: contains powder, puff, and mirror Gloves: ivory leather Perfume: tabu by dana in an atomizer Acrobat stuff: rigging for corde lisse, etc First aid stuff: for sprains, blisters, scrapes, etc Ghost stuff: salt, crystals, candles, etc Urbex stuff: goggles, flashlight, lockpicks, etc Desert stuff: survival gear for desert travel Food: nonperishable rations Motorcycle: as sturdy and all-terrain-y as she could afford Warding stone: magic??? Magnificence Circus squirrel monkey, trained to do tricks and steal things by Anemone. Zoe considers herself responsible for him. Often confused by human behavior. In his defense, humans are VERY confusing. Stats Attributes [All stats are given as the equivalent for humans.] Strength: 50th percentile Dexterity (gross and fine motor skills): Superhuman Constitution: 98th percentile Height/weight: 0.5th percentile Fluid intelligence (reasoning ability, problem-solving): 50th percentile Crystallized intelligence (education, knowledge): 0th percentile Appearance (looks, charisma, raw magnetism): 0th percentile Willpower (force of will, sanity, spellcasting ability): 90th percentile Luck: 50th percentile Best Skills Climb Dodge Language (English) Spot Hidden Bite Stealth Sleight of Hand Anthropology (i.e. trying to figure out what humans are up to) Fighting (Brawl) Listen Background Elements Description Adorable squirrel monkey Ideology Look out for yourself People Thomas Octavian Silverstring. He didn't appreciate it the last time Mordred gave him a treasure. We parted on uncertain terms. Location The circus Possessions A collection of items he’s stolen or scavenged. The most important item is the six of swords card. His watch. He doesn’t know how to read it, but he likes the ticking sound it makes if he holds it up to his ear. Anemone noticed this and fastened it around his leg for him. His expo watch camera. This was the last thing Anemone bought for him, and he wants to develop skills with it that would make her proud. Key backstory connection. Personality Observant. Particularly interested in understanding the world around him and the strange objects and people it contains. Unafraid. Magnificence is accustomed to Anemone getting him out of trouble, and doesn’t worry very much about anything terrible happening to him, even if he does things that would otherwise be quite risky. Equipment Wealth: none. He's a monkey. Wristwatch Expo watch camera. Six of swords.