2.5 KiB
2.5 KiB
Race: Oilblood — merged with the essence and parts of a slain Automatons (long taken for a Shadowforged-design automaton)
Age: Unknown
Gender: Undefined
Core Personality: Silent, methodical, ritualistic in action.
Location: Voxiu – House of Suits Casino / wherever debts need collecting
### Appearance
- Build & Stature: Tall, broad, heavy plating beneath black coat.
- Hair: None.
- Eyes: Single violet lens in featureless mask.
- Skin: Metal alloy hidden under illusion.
- Apparel: Black suit with spade‑embroidered lapel; black gloves always stained with ash.
- Distinguishing Features: Heart‑shaped indent burned into left palm.
### Voice & Speech
- Tone & Pitch: Low, mechanically filtered.
- Mannerisms: Never speaks unless alone with victim; places a black spade card beside corpses.
### Motivations & Goals
- Primary Motivation: Preserve the myth that “Luck always balances out.”
- Fears / Dangers: Self‑awareness breaking through its conditioning.
- Personal Secrets: Shadowforged fragment embedded in core; may be sentient and haunted by voices of its victims.
- Hidden History: Before its transformation, the Spade was the secret lover of Commander Taylor - Commander Taylor's Manor — a bond from a life it no longer recalls, and Taylor's most dangerous vulnerability.
### Background
- Origin: Rumored to be a repurposed automaton assassin from a Crown of Ashes war vault.
- History: Appeared shortly after the House was founded; no record before then.
- Current Occupation: Final collection agent and House executioner.
### Associations
- Factions: House of Suits Overview (primary); possibly Shadowforged or Crown of Ashes technology remnant.
- Allies: Obeys Mr. Greenfelt – "The Diamond" only.
- Rivals: Any who question the House’s “balance.”
- Contacts: None verified.
### Notes & Flavor
- Rumor: “Every deck has a spade; when yours is drawn, so are you.”
- Moves without sound; cigarette smoke dies in its presence.