Jordan Heinz
Jordan Heinz is a man of average height with fine slicked-back black hair, piercing green eyes, and a steady wardrobe of dark suits. He carries an assortment of exotic knives at all times and wears a small golden chain around his neck with a charm of scissors at the end. The charm is not decorative. He is the eldest sibling and head of the Heinz family, the ruling Pure Blood dynasty of Three Rivers, and he is considered one of the most terrifying individuals in the entire Appaloosa Expanse.
Heinz is a sociopath with unlimited wealth and a methodical appetite for cruelty. He has "disappeared" countless people over the years, and his private room in the Cutting Room is spoken of in whispers as one of the most horrific places in all the wastes. He rules his family with knife and lash, using the public abuse of his brother Marco as a negotiation tactic. Diplomats and trade partners have agreed to deals simply to escape the room where they were forced to witness what Jordan does to his own blood. His sister Eva oversees family fashion and social functions; Marco, massively obese and publicly humiliated as "Fat Sheep," manages other facets of the estate under constant torment.
The Iron Works backs him, adding industrial weight to a family that already controls Three Rivers' economy. Jordan assumed control of the Heinz family at fourteen years of age, approximately ten years ago, after the mysterious deaths of his parents. Nobody in Three Rivers speaks openly about how those deaths occurred, though the golden scissors charm around his neck suggests the answer has been in plain sight all along.
Heinz is a sociopath with unlimited wealth and a methodical appetite for cruelty. He has "disappeared" countless people over the years, and his private room in the Cutting Room is spoken of in whispers as one of the most horrific places in all the wastes. He rules his family with knife and lash, using the public abuse of his brother Marco as a negotiation tactic. Diplomats and trade partners have agreed to deals simply to escape the room where they were forced to witness what Jordan does to his own blood. His sister Eva oversees family fashion and social functions; Marco, massively obese and publicly humiliated as "Fat Sheep," manages other facets of the estate under constant torment.
The Iron Works backs him, adding industrial weight to a family that already controls Three Rivers' economy. Jordan assumed control of the Heinz family at fourteen years of age, approximately ten years ago, after the mysterious deaths of his parents. Nobody in Three Rivers speaks openly about how those deaths occurred, though the golden scissors charm around his neck suggests the answer has been in plain sight all along.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Jordan Heinz showed what he was at a young age. As a boy, he found an Iron Slave at Clemency Market and convinced his doting parents to buy it. Later that afternoon, the family found the Iron dead in the front of the house, its throat slashed with scissors. Jordan was punished and sent to his room. The next morning, his parents were found dead under what the official record calls "mysterious circumstances."
At fourteen, Jordan assumed control of the Heinz family. Whatever grief the household might have felt was quickly replaced by fear. He brought a pattern of escalation that had started with a slave and ended with his parents, and he applied it to every relationship the family maintained. Trade partners learned to agree quickly. Rivals learned to stay silent. His brother Marco became a public prop for his cruelty, beaten and degraded in front of guests as both entertainment and negotiation leverage.
Ten years of Heinz rule have made Three Rivers wealthier and more dangerous in equal measure. The Iron Works supports his authority, the wealthy caste follows his lead, and the workers of the Tree Rivers Union represent the only institution in the settlement that his money cannot simply buy or his knives cannot simply silence. Jordan Heinz does not need to be understood. He needs to be survived.
At fourteen, Jordan assumed control of the Heinz family. Whatever grief the household might have felt was quickly replaced by fear. He brought a pattern of escalation that had started with a slave and ended with his parents, and he applied it to every relationship the family maintained. Trade partners learned to agree quickly. Rivals learned to stay silent. His brother Marco became a public prop for his cruelty, beaten and degraded in front of guests as both entertainment and negotiation leverage.
Ten years of Heinz rule have made Three Rivers wealthier and more dangerous in equal measure. The Iron Works supports his authority, the wealthy caste follows his lead, and the workers of the Tree Rivers Union represent the only institution in the settlement that his money cannot simply buy or his knives cannot simply silence. Jordan Heinz does not need to be understood. He needs to be survived.
Sociopathic Pure Blood head of the Heinz dynasty in Three Rivers.
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