Nicholas Rickman
Rogue, Mastermind and Assassin hybrid
Nicholas Rickman
Species
Dhampir
Appearance
Nicholas is a thin, long-limbed dhampir whose stillness feels more deliberate than natural. His beard is clipped close at the jaw but left uneven at the chin, as though he trims it with a knife while reading reports. His skin has the gray-brown cast of someone who spends too much time indoors, yet his hands are weathered, dry, and cracked from years of travel, lockpicking, and handling rough paper. He moves with a quiet, economical gait, never quite seeming to hurry even when everyone else is running. His mouth is narrow and usually stern, but it betrays him whenever someone makes a truly foolish joke. The unexpected contradiction is his gentleness with small living things: he will interrupt a state meeting to carry a beetle out of a washbasin rather than let it drown.
“His voice is low, precise, and unhurried, with a faint rasp at the edges. He speaks like a clerk reading a sentence whose consequences have already been decided.”
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Distinguishing Features
A plain brass signet ring is constantly checked with his thumb, though it bears no family crest and appears too worn to identify.
His lower canines are subtly elongated, visible only when he smiles or speaks certain consonants.
He smells faintly of clove oil, rain-damp wool, and old paper rather than perfume or blood.
He carries himself like a man avoiding puddles, placing each foot with careful attention even on dry floors.
He laughs suddenly and sincerely at terrible jokes, then immediately tries to recover his kingly expression.
Voice
“A quiet baritone with a dry, papery texture. He sounds most dangerous when whispering and most sincere when forced to raise his voice.”
Clothing
A charcoal wool coat cut in the fashion of a respectable clerk, a soft wine-colored waistcoat, plain black trousers, polished but repaired boots, and a linen shirt fastened at the throat with a wooden toggle. His crown is a thin circlet of tarnished brass worn beneath his hat rather than displayed. He carries no visibly jeweled object.
Body Language
Nicholas stands with his hands folded behind his back, thumb rubbing the edge of a plain brass signet ring. During deception, he becomes almost motionless. During sincere concern, he leans slightly forward and lowers his head as if trying to make himself less imposing. When amused, one corner of his mouth twitches before he can suppress it.
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