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| William Moore is the Hector. The same warrior who defended the walls of Troy in the flashpoint of myth and civilization, spurned by Pairs, felled by Achilles, Hector was more than a man, more than a simple casualty and more than even a tragedy. He was an idea. Fighting for family, duty and friendship. Hector was the ideal. William Moore is many things aside from Hector, but he is NOT ideal. William is a man who doesn't look back. He fights hard, tries hard and falls hard, but thinks soft. He is pragmatic yet impulsive, trivial yet relevant. William is at the beginning and ending of his life, wearing a suit made of armored contradictions and shoes of clay. William Moore doesn't look back, but if he doesn't slow down, he'll burn out like a star. Like or not, William Moore is ultimately more than his present capabilities. He is a hero. Moore just better start acting the part if he wants to survive. |
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| Johnny Black is The Minstrel. An enigmatic wanderer, Johnny Black is first seen on the streets of Chicago, drawing crowd and drawing heat from two burly pursuers. Little is known about Black before his collision course with William Moore in the archaic realm of Olde Chicago. Through Johnny Black, William is tasked with the unfortunate matter of settling a debt with Johnny's crimes, listed in eight wheelbarrows of I.O.U.'s and peraining to a crime which swindled, well, everyone. Johnny Black is undoubtedly a man of secrets, but they are secrets that are a mystery even to him. He's trouble, and even someone as surface-bound as William Moore knows it the instant he sees him. Still, settling his debt has become William Moore's task, with Black now filling the impromptu role of Moore's squire. However, the relationship of Moore and Black can not be summed up by simply knight and squire. It should first of all be noted that Black has yet to show any heroic inclination whatsoever. However, it is the actions and observations of Black which have spared William Moore a variety of pain and problems. So the question must be made, just who is the teacher and who is the pupil? But then again, just who is Johnny Black? Where does he come from, and how has he come to play the saddest song in the world? Only time will tell. |
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| Katherine is The Oracle. Katherine's Problem is not that she is empty-headed. Katherine's problem is, quite simply, she has too much in her head. But this remains to be seen by either of our heroes. While most people in the world of Story slipped through the cracks of the world, Katherine intentionally fell through the cracks in order to escape her life. But the Old City, just like the Big City, is never quite what it appears in the story books, and Katherine soon found herself taking odd messenger jobs in order to make ends meet. Still, despite her reservations, Katherine excelled at the job, thanks in part to a peculiar gift of foresight she has little or no control over. The specifics of this gift, along with its unpredictability, has made Katherine something of both a regular and a recluse on the streets of Old Chicago. Still, he true gift in this all is not her foresight, but her trustworthiness, seen in her willingness to literally say whatever is on her mind any time, anywhere. In these troubled times, trust is becoing a luxury few can afford. In light of his dismissive attitude toward Katherine, William Moore had better start accepting this young woman's help, before he too learns this cruel fact of the Story. |
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| Webb is the Aspect of Roads and Ways. |
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| Hood is the Aspect Thieves and Bandits. |
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| Samuel King is the John Henry. John Henry may have beat the machine, but Samuel King was the machine, or rather, just another cog in the clockwork. King never valued himself as being the fastest, the smartest or even the strongest, but instead, the hardest working man on the planet. But life never payed him back. The only thing life saw fit to give him was a man named Hood, who stole every penny, every merit and every pride Samuel King ever knew. When the liqour money ran out, Samuel King was swallowed back up by the dredge of his own life again, but this time he was spat back out into a world of myth and mystery. Not just a world, a mysterious man named Webb would tell him, but instead a word, a page, a Story. Where Samuel King has a role to play and a large hammer to wield as the John Henry, Slayer of the machine. But old grudges die hard for Samuel King, who is consumed by his desire to hunt down Hood, even if it means crossing paths with heroes like the great Hector. Samuel King is not unlike his own glimmer the John Henry, driven by the steam of passion and obsession. But while John Henry fought for love, loyalty and livelihood, Samuel King is driven only by lies - thoese he tells himself and those his so-called benefactor Webb whispers in his ear. In a way, Samuel King is not unlike the troubled William Moore - both equally consumed by their nightmares to see the dream spread out before them. |
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