Sheriff of Ardenne county
At a glance
An honest man in a county with more money in it than law.
Thickening, slow.
A badge he has never once had to show twice; a hand ledger carried in his coat rather than kept in the office.
Their story so far
Spoiler for The Grand Annual — select to reveal
Fourteen years sheriff of a county with a quarry, a rail halt and four hundred miles of nothing. He has been quietly recording every catalog delivery into his jurisdiction for six years — dates, addresses, order numbers, and what became of the household afterward. Nobody asked him to. He has never shown it to anyone.
The crack in them
Keeps a perfect record of everything he has failed to prevent, and has begun to mistake the record for having done something about it.
How they sound
Plain, unhurried bass with nothing performed in it — the voice of a man reading out bad news he has already finished accepting.
Their music
Boot leather on a plank floor and a stove ticking, under a single low fiddle note held a beat too long.
What they carry
Spoiler for The Grand Annual — select to reveal
Six years of hand-written delivery records, carried on his person.Spoiler for The Grand Annual — select to reveal
A county map with four hundred pinholes in it and no legend.
In their words
I wrote it down.
That's some trouble, then.
A.C.E.S. card
Aldon Pike's character card for A.C.E.S. Lite, front and back. The goal and secret are hooks for the table, not story canon. The secret stays folded until you open it.
A.C.E.S. Lite · Character
Aldon Pike
Grim Investigator
- Affinity
- ♣ Cunning
- Adjective
- Grim
- Role
- Investigator
- ♠ Athletics
- 3
- ♣ Cunning
- 4
- ♦ Eloquence
- 2
- ♥ Strange
- 2
Caelum Reach · The Copper Cabaret · Season 2: The Grand Annual
Aldon Pike · Back
Physical Description
Male, average height, with a thickening, slow build. He is an honest man in a county with more money in it than law. He carries a badge he has never once had to show twice, and keeps a hand ledger in his coat rather than in the office. His voice is a plain, unhurried bass, like a man reading out bad news he has already finished accepting.
Goal
Find out what is happening to the households that the Grand Annual delivers to.
Flaw
Keeps a perfect record of everything he has failed to prevent, and has begun to mistake the record for having done something about it.
Secret
Spoiler for The Grand Annual — select to reveal
For six years he has recorded every catalog delivery into his county: dates, addresses, order numbers, and what became of each household afterward. He has never shown it to anyone.
Inventory
Spoiler — reveal
Pinholed county mapFour hundred pinholes and no legend.Growth
- Concept
- Goal
- Flaw
- Secret