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[yourcupoftea]

Hey, everybody! I'm Dee. I'm completely new to the game and DW role-playing in general, so I hope you'll be patient with me while I get the shape of things. I'm really excited to dig in here, though, and to start writing with all of you. HoC's concept is fantastic.

I'll be bringing in Meera, a Four of Spades. You can read more about her here, but I'll give you a quick rundown. Her mother was something of a wunderkind in her day. People expected a lot from her. But, around the time that she met Meera's father, her interest in the game started to dwindle. Her competitive spirit was passed down to Meera. Meera is incredibly motivated and determined to one day be the Ace of Spades. Keywords: one day. For now, she's perfectly happy to run errands for her betters in the castle. You never know what you might overhear changing the linens, after all.

What else, what else. She's extremely chatty and is less socially graceful than most other Spades. She's still very courteous, but if she sees someone, no matter their rank or suit, chances are she'll try to talk the ears off them.

Meera was born in the Deck to a Spade mother and (though Meera herself doesn't know it) a Club father, so she's bound to know a lot of people. I love all kinds of CR, so just toss anything at me. And apologies in advance to the Spades. She is going to pester the socks off all of you.

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[old_dog]

Welcome to the Deck Dee =) Just read your app and Meera looks cool. She'd most likely be interacting with this man, Michael Brennan, Jack of Spades. His app is really TL;DR but basically he's a rather atypical Spade. Really approachable, amicable personality, prefers being on a first-name basis but will take whatever he can get, and really disorganised. Anyway you'll get a feel for him when we interact. Oh and also he is not-so-secretly (one person knows for now) the current Ace of Spades' biological father.

I also have a Two of Spades, Iollan Chives dum_spiro_servio who basically lives in the Spades' Castle kitchens and prepares all the meals and stuff. He on the other hand is not so nice. He's also the butler's perpetually linefacing father.

My other two characters might be more peripherally connected. Caleb Caustello heartbreakclub is an Eight of Clubs, and he's never left the Deck so he's been there for 65 years. We could potentially work with something about knowing Meera's father if you'd like to go down that path, but he probably wouldn't be connected to Meera herself.

And finally I have Nicholas Lancaster dysphoria_abounds who is a psychologist holding the rank of Six of Diamonds. He's a dangerous character to get too close to because he's a psychopath but if you ever need a shrink, he's currently your only go-to option unless you prefer to interact with an NPC. Otherwise there probably isn't much to do with him and Meera.

[yourcupoftea]

Thank you!

Yeah, we can hash stuff out once we write together. Michael sounds fantastic, though. He's very much the type of person Meera would get on with.

Yeah, Iollan probably hates Meera. She steals extra food from the kitchens all the time. He's probably tried to whack her with a wooden spoon more than a few times.

[old_dog]

Sounds great. Food stealing is definitely one way to stay off Iollan's good books XD