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Ruffano Quickwhistle
| Age | 36 |
| Species | Fox |
| Pronouns | He/Him, They/Them |
| Size (Extra Small, Small, Medium, Large, Extra Large) | Large |
| Build | Average |
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
When dressed down, he favors a burgundy, open front vest, paired with soft, bag-seated slops trimmed in green. In formal company, Ruffano cleans up well. He trades the slops for maroon fall-front breeches, white stockings, and a dark frock coat cut with long tails and silver buttons. Around his neck, he ties a cream cravat, fastened with a brass pin. The transformation from rakish charmer to polished raconteur is uncanny, though a touch of roguish swagger always lingers no matter how fine the cloth.
PERSONALITY:
Ruffano Quickwhistle is a theatrical, fast-talking fox with a born performer’s instinct for spectacle. Every gesture and turn of phrase feels meant for an audience, even when no one else is listening. He speaks with the polish of a practiced orator: long-winded when dramatic, clipped and coy when cornered, and always ready with a quip sharp enough to draw laughter or blood, depending on his mood.
Charming and manipulative in equal measure, Ruffano knows how to read a room and reshape it around himself. He can slip from eloquence to mockery in a breath, using humor and exaggeration as both armor and weapon. Beneath the bravado lies a restless intelligence... a fox who’s seen how easily truth can be bought, rewritten, or buried beneath “official narratives.”
To him, performance is revelation. He believes satire to be the only honest language left in the world that, through jest and exaggeration, he can expose what polite society dares not name. And though his ego may be large enough to fill a theater, his wit is his true defense; every boast and bow hides a calculating survivor who’s learned that the best lies are the ones that make beasts laugh.
STRENGTHS:
- Charismatic Orator: Naturally persuasive, able to command attention and sway crowds.
- Quick-Witted: Thinks fast under pressure; improvises solutions and stories with ease.
- Perceptive: Reads tone, motive, and emotion like cues in a script.
- Adaptable Performer: Can reinvent himself to fit any stage, from tavern to court.
WEAKNESSES:
- Ego-Driven: Craves admiration and validation, often at his own expense.
- Compulsive Liar: Lies so fluidly he sometimes forgets the truth himself.
- Distrustful: Sees deception everywhere, even from friends.
- Avoidant: Deflects pain and responsibility behind humor and theatrics.
BIOGRAPHY:
Ruffano’s father was little more than a scandalous footnote. A vain young playwright who fancied himself a genius. Their brief tryst ended as quickly as his aspirations did, leaving Celestine to raise her kit among fellow performers, costumers, and stagehands. For Ruffano, the theater was both home and religion. He grew up on velvet curtains, candlelight, and applause, learning early that admiration was the purest form of currency.
By his late twenties, he had carved out a name of his own as an actor and satirist, celebrated for his wit, charm, and mastery of improvisation. But vanity and conviction make a dangerous duet. When the Ministry of Niceties, under Minister Afton Kilaris, began imposing restrictions on stage content, Ruffano’s resentment boiled over.
During a high-profile opera performance, he went spectacularly off-script. In the middle of a love aria, he broke into an impromptu monologue. It was a barbed and eloquent tirade on censorship, hypocrisy, and the artistic decay of the Ministry itself. The audience was stunned. The orchestra froze. His career ended before the curtain fell.
By dawn, Ruffano was expelled from the Actor’s Guild, blacklisted by the Ministry, and publicly denounced for “acts of unbecoming insolence toward sanctioned culture.” His peers distanced themselves. Invitations vanished. Fame turned to infamy overnight.
Stripped of status, Ruffano turned to street performance and petty grifts, surviving on charisma and desperation. Yet he refuses to see himself as disgraced. In his mind, he was wronged. He was a visionary punished for speaking truth to mediocrity.
He still owns a small condominium in Bully Harbor’s Upper Condos, a remnant of his better days now shared with his begrudging ally, Griblo Jankweed, whose “business acumen” helps keep the mortgage paid. From there, Ruffano continues his pursuit of “creative redemption,” convinced that one day the Ministry will beg for his return to the stage that cast him out.
Until then, he remains the empire’s most charming scandal. A fox with one foot in the gutter and the other forever poised on center stage.
POSSESSIONS/REAL ESTATE:
- Long burgundy coat with dramatic tails
- Pinstriped trousers tailored for flair
- Brocade waistcoat, frilled cuffs, and a crushed velvet scarf
SKILLS:
| Physical | Mental | Social |
|---|---|---|
| Dirty Tricks [Proficient] (2) | Performing Arts: Stage Acting & Impersonation [Seasoned] (4) | Fast Talk [Seasoned] (4) |
| Tumbling [Proficient] (2) | Street Law [Trained] (1) | Deceit [Proficient] (2) |
| Seduction [Proficient] (2) | ||
| Appeals to the Masses [Trained] (1) | ||
| Total Points in Category: 4 | Total Points in Category: 5 | Total Points in Category: 9 |
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