A Newbie Contractor played by Author in Aletheskia
He is 26 years old, lives in their low-key apartment in Fairmont, West Virginia, and often appears as a young, light-skinned man with short, cropped dirty blond hair wearing a black long-sleeve shirt under a black jacket, a gold chain around his neck, and a cigarette in his mouth.
Christopher Bloom lives in Aletheskia, a setting in the shadow of greater truth, where mankind clings to one false tenet: There's no such thing as monsters. His Questionnaire has 5 answers.
3 Alertness
1 Animals
2 Athletics
0 Crafts
4 Culture
3 Drive
2 Firearms
4 Influence
3 Investigation
0 Medicine
0 Melee
2 Occult
0 Performance
0 Science
3 Stealth
0 Survival
1 Technology
2 Thievery
3 Dealer Stuff
Circumstances describe your situation.
Examples include enemies, wealth, notoriety, social status, contacts, fame, and imprisonment.
Because each Playgroup has its own setting, Circumstances record the Playgroup they were acquired in.
Conditions describe your state of being.
Examples of Conditions include curses, diseases, and impactful personality quirks.
Conditions are granted by Assets and Liabilities or by GMs based on the events of Contracts and Downtime activities like Moves, and Loose Ends.
Because Conditions may have GM-created systems, they also record the Playgroup they were acquired in.
Loose Ends will cause problems for you if you don't tie them up.
Examples of Loose Ends include enemies, debts, evidence, and promises.
All Loose Ends have a Cutoff that counts down each time you attend a Contract. When it hits zero, the Threat of your Loose End manifests, causing issues for your Contractor.
You cannot see the current values of your Loose Ends' Cutoffs, but you can take initiative and make Moves on your Downtimes to deal with them before time runs out.
Latest 3 of 5 answers
Christopher Bloom grew up in the kind of life where you learn to appreciate the little things because the big ones are rarely in your favor. Raised in a lower-class household, he understood struggle early. Bills were paid just late enough to keep the lights on, and dinners were stretched a little thinner than they should be. But he also knew it could be worse. He’s seen worse. His life wasn’t easy, but it wasn’t tragic either, and he never let himself fall into the trap of thinking the world owed him more than what he could take for himself.
As he got older, Chris found his own ways to get by. He ran small-time jobs, moved things for people who needed things moved, no questions asked. Eventually, that bled into low-key dealing, not enough to make him rich, just enough to stay comfortable. He doesn’t love the work, but it’s familiar, easy, and keeps him out of worse trouble. He’s never been the paranoid type, never needed to watch his back too hard, and he figures that means he’s doing something right. Every so often, though, he catches himself wondering if things could shake out differently. Not just for him, but for people like him. It’s not something he dwells on, but the thought lingers, waiting for a reason to stick.
Now, at 26, he lives in a modest apartment in Fairmont, West Virginia, with his two dogs. His own space is carved out in a world that never made room for him. He doesn’t ask for much, just a cigarette, a quiet moment, and the ability to keep moving forward. He’s not a saint, but he’s not a villain either. Just a guy doing what he can, getting by one day at a time.