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EMORY HOWE
PRESUMED DEAD SINCE 2194
General Information
name. Emory Howeage. 23
birthday. December 12
sexuality. bi
marital status. single
occupation. "accountant"
current location. Rose Vale, Phobos province, Mars colonies
Characteristics
height. 5'6"build. skinny
hair. redhead
eyes. hazel
Family Background
mother. Maria Howe (deceased)father. Sterling Howe (deceased)
sibling. none
other. Uncle, Octavian Howe (deceased, ghost)
Setting
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About
The only surviving member of his family, raised in hiding until that became exploitation rather than charity. Emory currently acts as an accountant for a local gang of miscreants in the city of Rose Vale, where he was born and lived before his family died under mysterious circumstances. After a childhood spent staying out of the way lest he be discovered and targeted, and taught to bow his head and thank his foster "family," he defaults to a quiet disposition and frequently holds back his own opinions. Very good at math and finances, somewhat decent at wielding a pistol, accidentally uncovers the truth of what happened to his family in the middle of a heist to steal a collection piece once belonging to his father and uncle. Oops.
Personality
PERSONALITYINFOHERE
Appearance
Slight and a little underfed; Emory is not a physical powerhouse by any means. He has long red hair that is horrible at staying contained, big sad eyes that always look a little bit nervous, and usually wears glasses. He's thin and physically unimposing, but quick on his feet and gifted in the art of going places undetected. His body language is reserved, as his fashion sense, preferring what can only be called "bland" clothing in a lot of dull colors and beiges. Overall, he does not want to be noticed, out of habit.
History
Summary: Wealthy orphan tolerated by foster family because they want his money, runs away to join a gang to avoid all that nonsense. Accounting for a gang isn't so bad, but while trying to unearth some details of his family's untimely demise, he accidentally reveals he's still alive to the guy most likely to be responsible for the ordeal. This sucks on many levels.
They die when he is only three years old, in a fire that consumes the Howe estate and many of the surrounding buildings. It was a mistake to build the Howe estate in that part of town colloquially called The Ashes, people say— of course it would face another devastating fire eventually. And so it does; Emory is out of the house with his nanny at the time and so is untouched by the fire, but presumed dead along with the rest of his family. The nanny, suspecting foul play, smuggles him to the countryside, to live in the home of her distant relatives, the Woods. She advises a very young Emory to never make waves lest someone investigate him, and above all else, to not tell anyone about his parents or his family name.
The Woods family have two other children only slightly older than Emory, Lariette and Brady; their parents at the desperate behest of the nanny resolve to raise Emory... adjacent to their own children; he is cared for and looked after, fed and clothed and educated, but he is never officially adopted or made a member of the family. He is mostly taught to keep his head down and stay out of the way, for his own protection of course, especially when it comes to their own two children and their future opportunities. It becomes clear that the Woods family is after his inheritance when he is a young teen; letters and other documents reveal that they have been taking care of him only to return him miraculously to the public eye when he is old enough to claim his late family's remaining assets. This sits poorly with Emory, who has never been loved by these people, and he works harder in secret to make himself marketable to the first employer or university that will have him in a few short years.
When he pockets the letters and flees it's in the heat of the moment; a woman by the name of Sable breaks into the Woods' house to relieve them of their valuables and confronts Emory very much by accident—he is, after all, not supposed to be there—and in the ensuing explanation she asks him if he'd like to come with her. He goes, and while the rest of Sable's gang are somewhat surprised to find her returned with a whole young man, they agree to give him a place to sleep for a few days.
A few days turns into weeks turns into years, and Emory Howe is still presumed dead, but Emory of The Scarlet Rose Company (name pending group vote for being overdramatic) is alive and well and doing the gang's accounting, more or less. They teach him how to shoot a pistol just in case, and he's not half bad at it, but he prefers to stay behind the scenes and work with the before and after of the group's various heists.
Eventually word surfaces of a Howe Relic, a one-of-a-kind prototype device made by his father and uncle, in the collection of a one Hiram Bellerose, Rose Vale old money and one-time colleague of Uncle Octavian. Emory seizes the opportunity to get closer to a man who might have some clue as to what happened to his uncle, and was closer to his family than most; he lightly suggests the gang lift the Howe Relic from the Bellerose estate while he has a little conversation with Hiram as a diversion.
Of course they agree, and Emory Howe comes back from the dead to meet Hiram Bellerose on his doorstep, all but shocking the old man into welcoming him in. The meeting turns suspect quickly; there are multiple Howe Relics in the Bellerose estate, it turns out, and more than enough evidence to suggest that Octavian Howe lived there himself just days before he disappeared; Emory fumbles through a confrontation with Hiram and then sneaks away, leaving him trying to find the group while Hiram tries to find him.
In an old laboratory the gang finds Octavian Howe's corpse, and stranger, Octavian Howe's ghost. It's not hard to convince the spectre to leave with them, and to help them bypass Hiram's security while they're at it, and they return home with one more Howe than they left with.
Emory isn't really sure what to do about his uncle; it's amazing to have family, yes, but—well, even if he wasn't a ghost, he's eccentric and strange and doesn't blink, and it's kind of stressful to talk to him just for how enthusiastic he is about having a nephew. He's getting used to it.
The new problem is Hiram Bellerose knows he's alive and well, and he's not going to let evidence of his crimes against the Howes be revealed now. The only stroke of luck is that Bellerose doesn't know the identities of the rest of Emory's gang; it is awkward when he starts making public appearances calling for the urgent finding of Emory Howe, who is turns out has miraculously survived. But Emory has been in hiding before; he can do it again.
long version here
Emory is born to Maria and Sterling Howe; Sterling an inventor and a magician like his famously esteemed parents, and Maria a sculptor of some renown in the Mars Colonies. The Howe name means Emory is born into wealth, comfort and luxury in the city of Rose Vale, and despite being born only a few years after the mysterious disappearance of his famous uncle Octavian, Emory's extended family is a happy one.They die when he is only three years old, in a fire that consumes the Howe estate and many of the surrounding buildings. It was a mistake to build the Howe estate in that part of town colloquially called The Ashes, people say— of course it would face another devastating fire eventually. And so it does; Emory is out of the house with his nanny at the time and so is untouched by the fire, but presumed dead along with the rest of his family. The nanny, suspecting foul play, smuggles him to the countryside, to live in the home of her distant relatives, the Woods. She advises a very young Emory to never make waves lest someone investigate him, and above all else, to not tell anyone about his parents or his family name.
The Woods family have two other children only slightly older than Emory, Lariette and Brady; their parents at the desperate behest of the nanny resolve to raise Emory... adjacent to their own children; he is cared for and looked after, fed and clothed and educated, but he is never officially adopted or made a member of the family. He is mostly taught to keep his head down and stay out of the way, for his own protection of course, especially when it comes to their own two children and their future opportunities. It becomes clear that the Woods family is after his inheritance when he is a young teen; letters and other documents reveal that they have been taking care of him only to return him miraculously to the public eye when he is old enough to claim his late family's remaining assets. This sits poorly with Emory, who has never been loved by these people, and he works harder in secret to make himself marketable to the first employer or university that will have him in a few short years.
When he pockets the letters and flees it's in the heat of the moment; a woman by the name of Sable breaks into the Woods' house to relieve them of their valuables and confronts Emory very much by accident—he is, after all, not supposed to be there—and in the ensuing explanation she asks him if he'd like to come with her. He goes, and while the rest of Sable's gang are somewhat surprised to find her returned with a whole young man, they agree to give him a place to sleep for a few days.
A few days turns into weeks turns into years, and Emory Howe is still presumed dead, but Emory of The Scarlet Rose Company (name pending group vote for being overdramatic) is alive and well and doing the gang's accounting, more or less. They teach him how to shoot a pistol just in case, and he's not half bad at it, but he prefers to stay behind the scenes and work with the before and after of the group's various heists.
Eventually word surfaces of a Howe Relic, a one-of-a-kind prototype device made by his father and uncle, in the collection of a one Hiram Bellerose, Rose Vale old money and one-time colleague of Uncle Octavian. Emory seizes the opportunity to get closer to a man who might have some clue as to what happened to his uncle, and was closer to his family than most; he lightly suggests the gang lift the Howe Relic from the Bellerose estate while he has a little conversation with Hiram as a diversion.
Of course they agree, and Emory Howe comes back from the dead to meet Hiram Bellerose on his doorstep, all but shocking the old man into welcoming him in. The meeting turns suspect quickly; there are multiple Howe Relics in the Bellerose estate, it turns out, and more than enough evidence to suggest that Octavian Howe lived there himself just days before he disappeared; Emory fumbles through a confrontation with Hiram and then sneaks away, leaving him trying to find the group while Hiram tries to find him.
In an old laboratory the gang finds Octavian Howe's corpse, and stranger, Octavian Howe's ghost. It's not hard to convince the spectre to leave with them, and to help them bypass Hiram's security while they're at it, and they return home with one more Howe than they left with.
Emory isn't really sure what to do about his uncle; it's amazing to have family, yes, but—well, even if he wasn't a ghost, he's eccentric and strange and doesn't blink, and it's kind of stressful to talk to him just for how enthusiastic he is about having a nephew. He's getting used to it.
The new problem is Hiram Bellerose knows he's alive and well, and he's not going to let evidence of his crimes against the Howes be revealed now. The only stroke of luck is that Bellerose doesn't know the identities of the rest of Emory's gang; it is awkward when he starts making public appearances calling for the urgent finding of Emory Howe, who is turns out has miraculously survived. But Emory has been in hiding before; he can do it again.
player
name. Laura
age. 30+
timezone. EST
pb. January Lightsphere, Ciel: The Last Autumn Story
code. tessisamess