Shireling
A Servant of King and Country
The Family Business is a noir RP that follows primarily the adult sons and daughter of a private detective moving past old greviances and uniting to solve their father's murder. They are assisted in this endeavor by a motley crew of family friends, ranging from a postman to an unusually kind mobster; however, in their pursuit of their father's killer, they open up the door to the criminal underworld of the rainy industrial town of Arcanum, Oregon, on the Pacific Coast.
For this RP, I'm hoping to recruit at least 6 people to play the characters I have already written out. When all characters have been claimed, I will allow people to submit ideas for characters and if I like them I will add them to the canon. I am, however, going to accept no more than 8 people besides myself.
The characters have descriptions asigned to them, but you will be allowed to and expected to expand upon and personalise your character as long as it does not contradict their canonical description.
For those unfamiliar with the noir genre, they typically follow hard-boiled private detectives investigating cases on behalf of untrustworthy femme fatalles. Examples: anything with Humphrey Bogart in it, really. This RP will follow a non-traditional set of characters, but will have some of the same themes.
The characters list is provided below. Note to all that I will most likely play as Alexander Pearson.
The Family Business - Playable Characters
Alexander Henry Pearson is the oldest son and first child of the late Andrew Pearson. As a boy, Alexander was groomed by his father to follow in his footsteps as a policeman. Alexander, however, proved a constant disappointment to his father. He had no propensity for violence, or stomach for gore. He much preferred the predictable calm and security of his sequestered study.
In his teenage years, Alexander finally took on baseball as a hobby and went on to study law in Seattle on a baseball scholarship. He returned to Arcanum to work at a local law firm. When the firm was disbanded, he took up work as the Pearson Detective Agency's lawyer and accountant, begrudgingly.
Up until the day his father died, Alexander never stopped resenting him for his pigheadedness and disdain for the law. Now, he somewhat regrets that rift between himself and his father.
Roderick "Roary" Caleb Pearson is the youngest son of Andrew Pearson. Where Alexander was intelligent and reserved, Roary was always brash and loud. Never the brightest boy, Roary was endowed with a great bit of common sense and street smarts came naturally to him. Because of his boisterous and streetwise nature, he was groomed by his father to follow in his footsteps after he "failed" with Alexander.
It seemed like he would, when the War came. Drafted by the War Board, he was shipped off to basic training in 1917 and landing in France in early 1918. The Army robbed Roderick of some of his boisterousness, but he arrived back in Arcanum in early 1919 with the intention of joining his father in the family business, only to find him suddenly murdered.
Amelia Engel Pearson is the oldest daughter of Andrew Pearson. Much like Alexander, she was never close to her father and stuck to her mother's side. When her mother died, Amelia lashed out against her father by associating with thugs and bootleggers. Despite her criminal company, she was always clever, curious, and close to Alexander, with whom she shared much in common. After her first marriage to a small-time Irish mobster ended in her widowing, Amelia moved back into the family home with her father and Alexander. Unfortunately, she had little time to mend fences with her father before his murder.
Other Minor and Playable Characters
Frankie Garibaldi - an uncharacteristically kind-hearted made-man of the Tapani Crime Family who was a close family friend and gave Drew Pearson needed information on the Mob.
Richard O'Keenan - an enforcer for the Irish Mob, related to Amelia's late husband and interested in becoming Husband #2
Percy Dent - a mild-mannered postman who occasionally accompanied Mr. Pearson on cases, respected by the late detective for his skills of perception and keen marksmanship, a close family friend.
Wilma Dent - Percy's sister and occasional tag-along, a young schoolteacher.
Finally, anyone giving this RP consideration needs to be committed to seeing the plot through. If you have the possibility of dropping out, don't join. Also, don't join if you feel you can't provide well-written posts with decent grammar. Other than that, I'm a very lenient storymaster and I will give no set post deadlines or length minimums.
Thank you for your consideration, you may ask to join in the comments below and once I have given you the go ahead you may claim a character. Characters come on the basis of first come first serve.
For this RP, I'm hoping to recruit at least 6 people to play the characters I have already written out. When all characters have been claimed, I will allow people to submit ideas for characters and if I like them I will add them to the canon. I am, however, going to accept no more than 8 people besides myself.
The characters have descriptions asigned to them, but you will be allowed to and expected to expand upon and personalise your character as long as it does not contradict their canonical description.
For those unfamiliar with the noir genre, they typically follow hard-boiled private detectives investigating cases on behalf of untrustworthy femme fatalles. Examples: anything with Humphrey Bogart in it, really. This RP will follow a non-traditional set of characters, but will have some of the same themes.
The characters list is provided below. Note to all that I will most likely play as Alexander Pearson.
The Family Business - Playable Characters
Alexander Henry Pearson is the oldest son and first child of the late Andrew Pearson. As a boy, Alexander was groomed by his father to follow in his footsteps as a policeman. Alexander, however, proved a constant disappointment to his father. He had no propensity for violence, or stomach for gore. He much preferred the predictable calm and security of his sequestered study.
In his teenage years, Alexander finally took on baseball as a hobby and went on to study law in Seattle on a baseball scholarship. He returned to Arcanum to work at a local law firm. When the firm was disbanded, he took up work as the Pearson Detective Agency's lawyer and accountant, begrudgingly.
Up until the day his father died, Alexander never stopped resenting him for his pigheadedness and disdain for the law. Now, he somewhat regrets that rift between himself and his father.
Roderick "Roary" Caleb Pearson is the youngest son of Andrew Pearson. Where Alexander was intelligent and reserved, Roary was always brash and loud. Never the brightest boy, Roary was endowed with a great bit of common sense and street smarts came naturally to him. Because of his boisterous and streetwise nature, he was groomed by his father to follow in his footsteps after he "failed" with Alexander.
It seemed like he would, when the War came. Drafted by the War Board, he was shipped off to basic training in 1917 and landing in France in early 1918. The Army robbed Roderick of some of his boisterousness, but he arrived back in Arcanum in early 1919 with the intention of joining his father in the family business, only to find him suddenly murdered.
Amelia Engel Pearson is the oldest daughter of Andrew Pearson. Much like Alexander, she was never close to her father and stuck to her mother's side. When her mother died, Amelia lashed out against her father by associating with thugs and bootleggers. Despite her criminal company, she was always clever, curious, and close to Alexander, with whom she shared much in common. After her first marriage to a small-time Irish mobster ended in her widowing, Amelia moved back into the family home with her father and Alexander. Unfortunately, she had little time to mend fences with her father before his murder.
Other Minor and Playable Characters
Frankie Garibaldi - an uncharacteristically kind-hearted made-man of the Tapani Crime Family who was a close family friend and gave Drew Pearson needed information on the Mob.
Richard O'Keenan - an enforcer for the Irish Mob, related to Amelia's late husband and interested in becoming Husband #2
Percy Dent - a mild-mannered postman who occasionally accompanied Mr. Pearson on cases, respected by the late detective for his skills of perception and keen marksmanship, a close family friend.
Wilma Dent - Percy's sister and occasional tag-along, a young schoolteacher.
Finally, anyone giving this RP consideration needs to be committed to seeing the plot through. If you have the possibility of dropping out, don't join. Also, don't join if you feel you can't provide well-written posts with decent grammar. Other than that, I'm a very lenient storymaster and I will give no set post deadlines or length minimums.
Thank you for your consideration, you may ask to join in the comments below and once I have given you the go ahead you may claim a character. Characters come on the basis of first come first serve.
