Once again we are dipping our toes into the Dresdenverse and continuing the Las Vegas game. It feels good to get back to the characters, city, and storyline we love. We will only be playing once a month, which will allow for lots of downtime and much less stress for everyone involved.
To get back into Vegas mode, I have put together a list of characters and places as sort of a refresher. The list is separated into sections to make it easier. Because of that, some characters are on more then one list. For characters not listed under a specific family or organization, I will include a brief description. I really hope this ends up being a little bit helpful.
Player Characters: Neil Fine, Brandon Wall, Shade (Juno Bishop)
Board Members: Warden Locke, Uriel White, Melinda Raith, Lord Philip, Lord Puck, Thomas Stone, Lexie, Angelica Black, Drusilla Malvora, Fredrick Skavis
The Spades: Robert Mason, Lucinda Raith, Neil Fine, Brandon Wall
Raith Family: Melinda Raith, Lucinda Raith
Skavis Family: Frederick Skavis, the Ghuls
Malvora Family: Drusilla Malvora, Penny Dreadful, Thomas Malvora, Theodore, Wendal, Daisy, Duncan
Autumn Court: Philip, Helena, Harold
Spring Court: Puck, Heather
Major Characters:
Max Torelli- Mob lieutenant from Chicago and Shade's fiancé.
Wyatt- The living avatar of Las Vegas
Patience Mayweather- supernatural curator at the Historical Society
Skip Mathews- Brandon's employee, apprentice, and wizard in training
Christine- Uriel's receptionist and second in command
Robert Mason- Ace of Spades and a Black Court Vampire
Rita Martin- The Accountant
Minor Characters:
Tawney- Warden Locke's apprentice
Tess- Shade's best friend
Jeremy Running Mouse- also known as Running Mouth and hangs out at the Luxor
Charlie Running Mouse- Jeremy's crazy old uncle
Mitch Mitchell- reporter for TV show Truthisodes
Flash- changeling associated with the Autumn Court
Johnny Bullwickie- low level bookie and a contact of Neil's
Sal "Fat Fingers" Fredrico- low level mob loan shark
Laurel- Dryad associated with the Autumn Court
Steve- changeling associated with Autumn Court
Chumley- a Ghul associated with Skavis
Janx- King of the Pixies
Kirk- scarred Head of Security associated with Uriel White
Shiro Kurosawa- dive bar owner and Brandon's nominal boss
Marissa- changeling in charge of the Freemont Experience
Deceased Characters (a question mark denotes fate ultimately unknown):
Baron Drake/Serephina and all the Red Court Vampires
Sly (?)- Skavis' former second in command handed over to the Autumn Court
David- aka Mr. Boomunches
Fredrick- a member of the Malvora family
Ana- the former Lady Autumn
Frost/Rhyme- two Winter Court Fey
Un-named Winter Fey (?)
Places:
Luxor- a Hotel and the seat- figuratively and literally- of power in Vegas
Living Skin- Shade's tattoo parlor
Sleight of Hand- Brandon's magic shop
Scaramouche Academy- the clown college and Malvora base of operations
Legends- upscale piano bar and Fey base of operations
Liberace Museum- the only neutral ground in Vegas
The Crucible- Skavis base of operations, currently burned to the ground
Freemont Experience- name for Fey area of influence and Shade's neighborhood
Snicks- dive/gay bar in North Vegas and Shade's hangout
Gaspaccios- a restaurant used as a front for Sal's activities
I know that there are probably a few people and places I have missed but the list should be mostly complete.
I am very excited to be continuing this game. Doing this post gave me the opportunity to go back over the previous entries and see that I never really got a handle on playing this character as well as I should have. There was quite a bit of "Damn, Shade would have done THIS instead of THAT!" The game will be starting a year after where it left off and Lana is giving us the chance to tweak our characters to match how they would have changed and grown. I plan on doing just that and being a better player.
