Vincent Krome
Name: Vincent Krome
Race: Mixed Race
Date of Birth: Ymiden 42nd Arc 700
Languages Spoken:
Fluent: Common
Basic: Common Sign
Family: Xander Andaris (older Brother/bastard), Irkall Krome (older half-brother/bastard) Velaine Krome (older sister)
Faction: Gang
Appearance:
FC: Aneurin Barnard
Curly black hair frames a pale complected face, with gray-green eyes.
He wears simple clothes, woolen shirt and trousers with knee boots of leather.
He stands at a somewhat diminutive 5'2", but with a strong build despite his small stature. He often wears neutral, conservative colors like grays, blues, blacks and browns.
History
As the youngest sibling of four, the story of Vincent's youth is that of chasing attention, by whatever means necessary. Of his three siblings, he was perhaps the loudest and most brash. Often ignored by his parents in favor of their daughters, Velaine and Zara, he reacted by throwing temper tantrums, perhaps foreshadowing a tumultuous adolescence and adulthood. When they reacted by ignoring him, he had to find new ways of getting their attention, which included getting into trouble. In extreme cases, he'd even try to torment Velaine and Zara by pulling their hair or carefully placing frogs in their wardrobes. When all other efforts failed, tormenting his sisters often enough had the effect of getting him the attention he thought he wanted. Even though it came in the form of corporal punishment from either parent. He became a pretty fair hand at gaining the center of attention, despite his parent's ambivalence at the best of times, and genuine disdain toward him at the worst.
When it became clear to him, a few years into his life, that he was not anyone's favorite, he began turning outward for the approval and attention he craved. His later childhood was spent playing with the sons of retainers, linecooks and stablemen, and enjoying the attention their parents were more than happy to heap on him as befit one of noble lineage. He mistook their deference for genuine affection, and came to enjoy the company of the servants more than he did his own family.
He was about 9 when Zara died. Although they'd never really seen eye to eye when they were younger, and he was jealous of the relationship she had with Xander, he didn't hate the girl. If anything, he was angry that the primary victim of his affectionate pranks was gone forever. He'd never be able to tease her about the men who would court her, nor get the opportunity to threaten to marry her off to some fat lord. It was around this time that he began turning on Xander, and started leaving Velaine alone. One time at dinner, he blurted out that Xander killed Zara, in an offhand comment. The entire family was shocked into silence, until their father, red in face, shouted him down and told the servants to remove Vincent to his room, and bar the door.
After Zara's death, he became more unruly and wild. His detentions to his room became more frequent, although he quickly learned how to make a break from his family's estate to mix with his friends, the servants and their children. He learned eventually, however, that these friendships were only superficial. When they began begging him for favors, gold and goods, he knew for sure that these were not real friends, but opportunists. It was then he began seeing the common folk that served them in a less favorable light. He realized they wore a smile on their sleeves, while whispering unflattering rumors behind their hands.
Far from withdrawing, however, he continued to break out of the family estate to mingle with the peasants. He bore in mind, however, their true feelings and allegiances. They weren't good people, they were like anyone, just a vulture circling a dying carcass, just waiting to take their pound of flesh. He became cynical.
When his guardians began to insist that he pursue the martial programs of his family, he bucked the trends, learning instead how to participate in lowly tavern brawls, and using furniture as blunt instruments in these altercations. He wore a sword, as he was expected to according to his birth, but felt like it was a silly weapon. Far better to make use of whatever else was available, or improvise his way through a fight.
In time, his itinerant lifestyle grated on their parents, and he was cast out of the Manor at fifteen arcs old. From there, he survived, couch surfing on his family reputation until even the minor nobles grew tired of him, thinking him a hopeless wastrel and inconvenience. He turned to thievery to support himself, too stubborn to return to his home and having tasted freedom from his parents, nothing was as sweet to him.
So during the days, he caroused and played games with the patrons of local taverns of Mid-town, while at night he plied the streets, looking for marks that would end with some coin in his purse. He eventually saved enough money to buy himself a small flat, which he then decorated to his liking. He hasn't heard from his House in at least two arcs.
Brief Sketch of Vincent Krome
Vincent can best be summed up by his attitude toward his rather flimsy birthright. He has absolutely no interest in his role as a spare to the heir of Krome. Unambitious in the extreme, he's grown used to his simple life of carousing, gaming, and thievery. Nevertheless, he feels the pull toward his family. Some lingering regrets from his youth that he hasn't settled just yet. Although he doesn't want to meet his father or mother under any circumstances, he wishes he could make amends with his siblings, for whom he'd made their lives rather miserable during their youth.
Although he still maintains a mischeivous and light-hearted sense of humor, there's no malice to his pranks. He just likes to have fun in his own ways, which often involves embarrassing those close to him.
If it came to it, he'd defend his siblings, shy of risking his life. Perhaps he might grow in devotion to them in time, but his main interest in them remains keeping them alive so they can produce heirs, in order to take him out of the running for the Duchy of Krome. He will still grudgingly perform duties and pay tax to maintain his noble status if pushed to do so, however he maintains his right to stay where he is, rather than live at the Manor.
Virtues:
- Content
- Playful
- Outgoing
- Taciturn
- Likes to get drunk and carouse with peasants
- Reckless
- Immature
- Responsibility
- Commitment
Housing
Tier 5 House in the Dust Quarter
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