Travelling representative of the Grand Annual; the only one anybody has ever met
At a glance
Looks like every travelling salesman anyone has ever met, which is precisely the trouble.
Neat.
A sample case with one worn brass corner; a coat that is always dry.
Their story so far
He has worked this territory since before the territory had that name. He arrives first, in every town, always. He is unfailingly courteous, his prices are the printed prices, his deliveries are on time, and nobody has ever caught him in a lie, because he has never told one — he simply reads the conditions quickly.
The crack in them
Cannot stop selling. It is not a strategy or a disguise; it is the whole of him.
How they sound
Warm, patient, delighted — a good salesman's tenor that never hurries and never once drops the warmth, including in sentences that should not be said warmly.
Their music
A hand bell and a page turning, cheerful and brisk, over a drone a half-step out of tune with it.
What they carry
- A sample case whose contents are never fully shown.
Spoiler for The Grand Annual — select to reveal
A route book of placement distances, in a hand that has not changed in forty years.
In their words
Delivered, and on the usual terms.
Now — the conditions of use are these.
A.C.E.S. card
The Colporteur'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
The Colporteur
Charming Broker
- Affinity
- ♦ Eloquence
- Adjective
- Charming
- Role
- Broker
- ♠ Athletics
- 1
- ♣ Cunning
- 2
- ♦ Eloquence
- 4
- ♥ Strange
- 4
Caelum Reach · The Copper Cabaret · Season 2: The Grand Annual
The Colporteur · Back
Physical Description
Male, not tall, and neat. He looks like every travelling salesman anyone has ever met, which is precisely the trouble. He carries a sample case with one worn brass corner, and his coat is always dry. His voice is a warm, patient, delighted salesman's tenor that never once drops the warmth, even in sentences that should not be said warmly.
Goal
Be first into every town and place every item, delivered on the usual terms.
Flaw
Cannot stop selling. It is not a strategy or a disguise; it is the whole of him.
Secret
Spoiler for The Grand Annual — select to reveal
His route book of placement distances is written in a hand that has not changed in forty years. He has never told a lie; he simply reads the conditions quickly.
Inventory
Spoiler — reveal
Route bookPlacement distances, in a hand that has not changed in forty years.Growth
- Concept
- Goal
- Flaw
- Secret