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WELCOME TO THE ROOK!
Welcome to The City of the Rook. Picture, if you will, a city that can't quite decide if it's elegant or just a bit odd - part Elizabethan relic, mostly Victorian soot, with a dash of steam-powered nonsense for flavour. It's a huge, complicated city; the streets twist and turn in every direction...
CHARACTERS YOU WILL ENCOUNTER IN THE ROOK
ERISA AND CALICO, THE CAT
Erisa and Calico (who may or may not be a cat) roam the streets of The Rook, looking for a few "loose" things for Tobias while keeping a close eye open for an adventure. So far, none have appeared, but that is all about to change...
TOBIAS GRIMGAGE
Tobias Grimgage runs "Grimgage's Goods", a vaguely suspicious pawnshop on the edge of the Shambles. Always on the lookout for bargains and with one eye on the next deal, he is Erisa's unofficial guardian, though he isn't entirely sure if Calico is actually a cat or not.
CAPTAIN VIRGIL STEELE
Captain Steele heads the city guard, which he runs with military precision. A grizzled veteran, he is never happier than when knocking heads together. Not a man to ask questions first, he is constantly irritated by the mayor's more modern ideas.
LYSANDER RAVENCREST, CONSULTING DETECTIVE
Lysander Ravencrest is the famous "Consulting Detective", renowned throughout The Rook as potentially a genius at solving crime along with his partner, Doctor Gregory Bancroft. That's the official line, anyway. The unofficial one is although undoubtedly very clever, he can be extremely irritating at the same time. Ask Bancroft. He'll tell you.
DOCTOR GREGORY BANCROFT
Doctor Gregory Bancroft is Ravencrest's assistant, as long as nobody calls him that. He is involved with all the consulting detectives' work and is usually the fastest to the solution when Ravencrest becomes distracted, which he very frequently is. They are, however, a fine team—as long as they don't kill each other first.
MAYOR BRADLEY MACKRELL
Bradley Mackrell is the mayor of The Rook. A man of great ambition and small patience, he is the person at whom the buck stops. Despite not being able to remember anyone's name and being in a state of constant irritation, he rules the city with an iron fist. He likes tea, Stickball and a nice custard cream. (Though not necessarily in that order.)
ROALDE DeNEUF
The ultra-rich string magnate Roalde DeNeuf has a great secret. Being not so fond of the rich and more likely to help an old lady across the road than be seen as a man about town, he has a secret alter-ego. He fights crime in the city of The Rook wherever he can find it. Along with his over-supportive butler Alfred, DeNeuf is a key player in the events about to overtake the city.
VERITY APLEY (SPECIAL REPORTER)
Verity Apley, special reporter for “The Rook Recorder,” is the underpaid and overworked journalist at the very bottom of the ladder in the city’s sole newspaper. Things are looking up, however, as one of the mayor's new initiatives has given her unique access to the city guard run by Captain Steele. Sparks are about to fly…
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