Broke "Bladdy" Varn
Everyone in the Big A.C. knows Bladdy. That is the trick.
Broke Varn arrived with nothing and built herself into an institution. The Slap 'N Tickle started as a cramped room with games of chance and cheap drink. Those who lost and could not pay were given a choice, and both options served Bladdy's purposes. Debts became leverage. Leverage became loyalty. Loyalty became a network that spread through the Big A.C.'s underworld like rot through wet timber, except this rot had a Semper Mort's grin and a wardrobe that mixed high fashion with gutter aesthetics in a way designed to make everyone around her slightly uncomfortable.
They call her Bladdy. Short for blood daddy, a name earned when people began competing to win her favor with gifts and acts of service. Her enemies compare her to a persistent fungal infection. Her allies call her an institution. Both are accurate.
The Big A.C. knows her as a fixer. Need a priceless artifact stolen? Bladdy finds the crew. Need something smuggled across hostile territory? Bladdy arranges the route. Need a rival to disappear? Bladdy sets the price, and the price is always fair. What the Big A.C. does not know is that some of those smuggling jobs are Murder Inc agents in transit. Some of those disappeared rivals were sanctioned kills by a Blade. The criminal enterprise is real, but it is also a shell, and inside the shell is something the Adherents of Betrayal value far more than any stolen goods.
The genius of it is the honesty. Bladdy is so openly, brazenly criminal that nobody thinks to look for a second layer. She plays the fool with such conviction that even members of Murder Inc underestimate how efficient she truly is. The most dangerous people in the wasteland work in shadows. Bladdy works in broad daylight, and the light hides her better than any darkness could.
Broke Varn arrived with nothing and built herself into an institution. The Slap 'N Tickle started as a cramped room with games of chance and cheap drink. Those who lost and could not pay were given a choice, and both options served Bladdy's purposes. Debts became leverage. Leverage became loyalty. Loyalty became a network that spread through the Big A.C.'s underworld like rot through wet timber, except this rot had a Semper Mort's grin and a wardrobe that mixed high fashion with gutter aesthetics in a way designed to make everyone around her slightly uncomfortable.
They call her Bladdy. Short for blood daddy, a name earned when people began competing to win her favor with gifts and acts of service. Her enemies compare her to a persistent fungal infection. Her allies call her an institution. Both are accurate.
The Big A.C. knows her as a fixer. Need a priceless artifact stolen? Bladdy finds the crew. Need something smuggled across hostile territory? Bladdy arranges the route. Need a rival to disappear? Bladdy sets the price, and the price is always fair. What the Big A.C. does not know is that some of those smuggling jobs are Murder Inc agents in transit. Some of those disappeared rivals were sanctioned kills by a Blade. The criminal enterprise is real, but it is also a shell, and inside the shell is something the Adherents of Betrayal value far more than any stolen goods.
The genius of it is the honesty. Bladdy is so openly, brazenly criminal that nobody thinks to look for a second layer. She plays the fool with such conviction that even members of Murder Inc underestimate how efficient she truly is. The most dangerous people in the wasteland work in shadows. Bladdy works in broad daylight, and the light hides her better than any darkness could.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Broke Varn arrived in the Big A.C. and built her criminal empire from nothing. She started with a small gambling and drinking establishment. Those who fell into debt were either eliminated or became loyal operatives. Her blunt honesty and ruthlessness attracted followers who competed to earn her favor with gifts and acts of service, earning her the name Bladdy, short for "blood daddy."
Over time, Bladdy became too entrenched in the Big A.C. to remove. She built the Slap 'N Tickle into a fixture of the city's criminal landscape and became the fixer for impossible jobs: stealing priceless artifacts, sourcing illicit substances, smuggling cargo between locations. While building that public reputation, she simultaneously grew her standing within Murder Inc's Adherents of Betrayal. Her overt criminality is the perfect cover. Smuggling jobs that are actually Murder Inc transport. Rival eliminations that are sanctioned hits. She plays the fool so effectively that she operates in the open, and even Murder Inc members underestimate her efficiency.
Over time, Bladdy became too entrenched in the Big A.C. to remove. She built the Slap 'N Tickle into a fixture of the city's criminal landscape and became the fixer for impossible jobs: stealing priceless artifacts, sourcing illicit substances, smuggling cargo between locations. While building that public reputation, she simultaneously grew her standing within Murder Inc's Adherents of Betrayal. Her overt criminality is the perfect cover. Smuggling jobs that are actually Murder Inc transport. Rival eliminations that are sanctioned hits. She plays the fool so effectively that she operates in the open, and even Murder Inc members underestimate her efficiency.
Semper Mort crime boss of the Big A.C. Her criminal empire is the camouflage; Murder Inc is the real work.
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