Damian
Born and raised in New Orleans, Damian learned early that the right story could unlock any door or close it forever. Surrounded by jazz musicians, hustlers, and performers, he didn't just learn to tell stories well, but to lie well. He learned to lie beautifully. To tell tales so fantastic and perfect that even if they weren't true, they were better than any truth and easier to believe. The kind of lie that leaves someone grateful for hearing it. That's where the magic started.
His chrysalis came during one of those lies, a pawn shop hustle spun so well the world bent with it. Rain indoors. Streetlamps blinking like stars. A voice behind him saying, "You're late." The tale birthed his fae self, which was then led by a shadowless Eshu into a dream-bent New Orleans where fantasy and stories were real, and lies often rang truer than the facts. Since then, he's never stopped moving.
He walks the razor's edge between muse and manipulator not because he's cruel, but because he understands the weight of inspiration. As an Unseelie Eshu of House Leanhaun, he plays the long game. He knows the story, the lie, the truth, that moves a heart is magical and can change the world.
Some call him a performer. Others, a liar. Both are true, and both are useful. He doesn't take Glamour by force; he grows it, cultivates it. He doesn't break artists and dreamers; he builds them, watches them burn bright, and then has his fill.
He carries the Argent Bolt, a lightning-channeling pistol he didn't inherit but earned through three lies, two favors, and one betrayal. That betrayal left him hunted by a Redcap mercenary turned enemy who once called him a partner.
Now he's in Houston. A new stage. A new cast. That Redcap isn't far behind, but new opportunities are just ahead.
- Dream Peddler:
- Damian deals in desires, stories, and impossible truths. He might offer a tale, a trick, or a tailored lie that changes your path forever.
- Bargains and Secrets:
- He trades favors like currency and knows the weight of them. Got a secret? Need one? He's your man... for a price.
- Marked for Vengeance:
- The Redcap Thomas Graves wants him dead or worse. Anyone too close to Damian might get caught in that long shadow.
- Glamour Junkie:
- He finds the brightest flames among artists, rebels, and romantics, feeds their fire, and drinks deep from the blaze.
- Unseelie:
- Unseelie and Leanhaun both, he changes people the way others change stories.
Name: Damian Moreau
Concept: Silver-Tongued Manipulator
Apparent Age: Mid-20s
Kith: Eshu
Seelie Legacy: Wayfarer
Unseelie Legacy: Rake
Seeming: Wilder
Court: Unseelie
House: Leanhaun
Ambidextrous: Equally skilled with either hand.
Enchanting Voice: Resonant, persuasive, and impossible to ignore. (Obvious)
Legerdemain: A natural flair for sleight-of-hand and misdirection.
Natural Linguist: Speaks multiple languages fluently: English, French, Spanish, Italian, Arabic.
Bard's Tongue: Sometimes the truth spills out, whether he means to say it or not. (Obvious)
Changeling's Eyes: His fae nature bleeds through his mortal mask, his eyes are strikingly unnatural. (Obvious)
Curiosity: He has to know even when he shouldn't.
Enemy: Thomas Graves, a Redcap mercenary with a grudge and no patience left. He wants Damian dead, and he's not subtle about it.
Forked-Tongue: He's a master of suggestion and spin, making truth and lies feel interchangeable.
Preternatural Grace: Every movement's a performance, fluid, deliberate, and so smooth it's almost supernatural.
Silver-Tongued: He knows precisely what to say, how to say it, and when.