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CHARACTER INFORMATION

TLDR;; Reaver is an immortal man who has over the years created a multi-billion dollar corporation who wants nothing more than to have fun in the madness which is his life.

STORY ;; Reaver is from the Fable video games, though he has been massively worked over the last 5 or so years I’ve roleplayed as him, making him less canonical and more an OC. Please do not steal the story I have created for him!

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PERSONALITY

Reaver has been described as being "amoral," bearing no concept whatsoever of morality. He is narcissistic, egotistical, and displays a near psychopathic disregard for life, which netted for him considerable profits during the Age of Industry. By cutting wages by 100% and by extending worker hours in utterly unsafe conditions and casually executing those who resisted his rules. Reaver's promiscuity is used to highlight his hedonistic, pleasure-seeking, self-indulgent lifestyle and his overall lack of concern for others or their sufferings.

In passing, those who have spent many years with him, may tell you that the man who brought about the destruction of his life to give himself immortality didn’t know the price and lost his friends, family and everyone he loved in its obliteration. This event, and the possibility that Reaver once had a soft side, are hinted at in his everyday doings. If trusted, he may tell you of his recurring nightmares about these past events. Even though he describes himself as a different man, saying that the man he was was a fearful, breakable man. This suggests he has changed his identity and even personality to deal with the pain of his past.

He also has both a limited amount of patience and a vain disposition about his appearance: He shot both a sculptor and a painter for supposedly getting his statue and painting wrong. Reaver is shown to be somewhat flamboyant and eccentric. His mansions, full of portraits of himself, are richly decorated in accents of black, burgundy and Reaver Industry logos. Both his voice and handwriting are flourished and exaggerated. He is usually portrayed with a smug smirk on his face and wears an elaborate fur-lined suit.

Through his narcissism, his ego-maniacal nature, and his utter lack of respect for others, Reaver never shows any true signs of antagonism to even those who would consider themselves his enemies, viewing their attempts to foil him as almost amusing. This might be from how, due to being near-immortal, that most inconveniences to him are minor in the grand scheme of things, and anyone who goes up against him, he knows that he'll out live eventually. This is best displayed in his attitudes against those he works with in modern day, who he regards as a playful rival of sorts rather than a true enemy. Throughout different parts of history, he is at times portrayed as neutral, the villain, or the anti-hero. Whatever role he assumes, his actions, decisions and alliances seem solely motivated by want of personal gain, entertainment or his survival. He seems genuinely unphased and unconcerned about turns of events, merely making sarcastic remarks or moving on when his plans do not succeed.

BREIF HISTORY

Reaver was originally born in 'Oakvale' and is well known in Albion (the alternate universe he is originally from) for being an excellent marksman. It is said that he would capture ships by shooting the captain from across the water no matter the distance or conditions. The more impossible the shot was, the faster the crew would surrender. When leading the Hero of Bowerstone (an old ally) through the tunnels of his home, in Bloodstone, he tells the player how much he loves a good 'scrap', exemplifying his willingness to fight and competence in battle.

He is blessed with eternal youth and often remarks on periods of time which he has lived in. His immortality comes from a deal he made with the Shadow Judges in the Shadow Court. They sustained his youth at the cost of other peoples' through an annual ritual. Reaver's diary (which is found in separate entries throughout his "coastal paradise" in Fable II once the player has bought the house) states that this deal also caused the destruction of his own hometown of Oakvale, though he was unaware that this would be the Shadow Court's price. An entry in his diary implies he had a close relationship with a woman who was killed in the fire.

"Then I see him running madly through fields, the realization of just what price he has unwittingly paid hanging like a tragedy mask from his face. He falls to his knees before the town he called home-- now a dark circus of screams. Hers is among them, but he can do nothing to stop it."


STORY

Reaver, though having lived since the 1300s, has adjusted well to modern life and those around him, taking his riches with him wherever he goes. Going from being a pirate, to a royal advisor, to a tycoon - the immortal takes great amusement in causing havoc wherever he goes. In 1929 during the Wall Street crash, he purchased his first high rise, which against all odds took off and quickly became a multi-billion dollar enterprise. It is mostly unknown what goes on inside the world famous Reaver Industries, but it’s assumed by those who know him that he’s up to no good, and is planning his next move on the world of business.

His relationship with the government is a strange one although. He commonly comments on the fact that those in power are ‘aware’ of his immortality and the strange powers he has, asking him several times to work for him, Reaver turning them down each time due to lack of interest. He has also claimed to do the government ‘favours’ in the past to get off the hook, but has never actually explained what they were.

He owns several large estates over the world, and actively travels to them, but not in the way others may. It is unknown how, but Reaver has an ability to appear in places he hasn’t before and sometimes rumoured to be in two places at once. If well liked, Reaver may use his hidden powers to create a ‘Cullis Gate’, an old transportation device to take you anywhere you’d like, or if you want an exciting new adventure - back in time. Given he has lived so long, Reaver actively enjoys walking back in time to places he’s lived before and enjoyed, giving anyone who chooses to come with him safety as he is never at a lack of money.

He tends to keep his powers quiet from anyone he doesn’t trust although, making him mostly known just as someone who’s a bit strange and can dodge bullets well.

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(More info will be added as plot changes / things happen)
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