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Geffrey Thess


Player: Dennis
Character Name: Geffrey Thess
Alias/Nickname: Geff, Gramps, The Storyteller, That old Codger
Race: Human
Age/Date of Birth: 55 /
Apparent Age: N/A
Sex: Male
Height: 5'9 if standing straight, or 5'7 if stooped.
Weight: 140 lbs
Hair Color/Style: Greyish-white, nape-long
Eyes: Black
Marks/Scars/Tattoos: Tattoo on his left arm of the Mask of Comedy
Physical Appearance: Thin, almost frail, Greyish-white hair, pencil moustache, trimmed beard graying in color also.
Occupation/Class: Commoner/storyteller/ex-actor.
Magic/Magite: N/A
Carried Possessions: An old storybook, worn with age. A small bag of puppets and masks (despite being of average quality, it is very well taken cared of.)
Clothing and Armor: Dirty brown frock, worn with age and dust and dirt, pair of old sandals, and a hood.
Weapons: None.
Likes: Children, stories, storytelling, acting, a good joke, oration, good food, animals (cute, fuzzy and furry ones) and Nuts and Berries
Dislikes: Confrontation, Dark Alleys, Manual Labor, Blood, Poor audiences, failing, Running for extended periods of time.
Merits: Imaginative, Good talker, Good with Facial Expressions, Literate, Voice
Flaws: Cowardly, Frail, Over-emotional, Theatrical, Soft-Hearted, Cannot Fall in Love, Starting Senility.
Worst Fear: Men with Veils on their faces, Falling in Love, Daggers.

Personality:   Geffrey seems to be content at where he is right now, he gets to play with children, tell his stories and get by with life. From time to time, he'd be seen looking far into the distance, a slight smile on his face, but he avoids newcomers in town. His training as an actor allows him to talk anyone's ear off, if he had anything to talk about. He is looking to quietly retire but apprehensive of something.

History:  

Geffrey was the middle child in a well to do family in Tagosa, his father was a merchant, his mother stayed home. His eldest brother was groomed to take over the family business, and his youngest brother was going to be a soldier in the army. Geffrey was allowed to be anything he wanted, in fact, he was pretty much unsupervised by his parents. He liked reading books and acting in plays when he was young, and that never allowed him to develop his body. It however, developed his voice and his facial expressions. His parents allowed him to become an actor, primarily to get Geffrey out of their hair. It wasn't as if his parents loved him any less, but then, he wasn't that important to them. Geff never gave that situation any thought, as he was happy to be an actor and starring in stage plays. Early in his career, Geff was given mostly bit roles, until he developed his voice; soon, he was starting to get more lead roles. At the age of 28, he was almost at the top of his career. That was when it all happened.

Geffrey had loved one woman in his life. Melissa, she was also an actress and an educated woman, however, he had a rival for Melissa, Dante of the blue eyes. Dante was rich, handsome, an actor, and if rumors were to be believed, had an insatiable appetite for women. Dante has pressed his advances on Melissa only to be rebuffed publicly. Dante's revenge was simple, swap the prop dagger with a real dagger, and when the play called for Geffrey to stab Melissa... Geffrey lost everything. With Melissa dead, Geffrey's world broke apart, the police of course wanted to arrest him for questioning, but he had decided to run away from Tagosa. What Geffrey didn't know was Dante was brought to justice days after he ran away. Geffrey has finally found a small town on a hill, that is quiet enough to let him stay there. He has worked there for several decades already, now he is slowly reaching his twilight years. But he is still afraid that one day, someone from Tagosa will come and take him back for the death of Melissa, making him very wary of strangers, especially ones that come from Tagosa.