[hider=Lys Cowles][center][hider=Image][img]https://i.imgur.com/7yU18DK.png?1[/img]
[i][sub]Courtesy: Aiden Gillen[/sub][/i][/hider]

[i]“Which is more dangerous, the dagger brandished by an enemy, or the hidden one pressed to your back by someone you never even see?” – Petyr Baelish, by George R. R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire[/i][/center]


[color=8882be][h2]Lysander Cowles[/h2][/color]
[color=662d91][b]Also Known As:[/b][/color] [i]Mord Bachand, Lord Geoffrey Martin, Malachai Winslow and Creighton Fellows[/i]

[indent][b][color=662d91]Currency:[/color][/b] 2 coin, 15 bits

[color=662d91][b]Gender:[/b][/color] Male
[color=662d91][b]Age:[/b][/color] 42
[color=662d91][b]Race:[/b][/color] Human
[color=662d91][b]Origin:[/b][/color] Rockport
[color=662d91][b]Attire:[/b][/color] Lysander or as he is informally known, [i]Lys[/i] (pronounced Lee) prefers to dress immaculately. He pays special attention to his hair, never out of place, smooth like his demeanor. He dresses in some of the finest clothing he can find in wools, cottons and leather. He prefers dark colors like black, brown, dark green, violet or navy blue.
[color=662d91][b]Demeanor:[/b][/color] Lys appears to be a warm, loving and kind mind. He is quick and easy with the words. He is a smooth talker, warming up to people quickly. If he does not receive a warm reception from someone, he does not waste his time with that person, moving on to his next mark. Lys enjoys gaining the confidence of someone in order to trick them out of their possessions or outright steal it from them. [/indent]

[h3][color=662d91][b]Skillsets[/b][/color][/h3]

[list]Talking (Confidence Man/Smooth): 5
Stealth: 2
Hiding in shadows: 2
Picking Locks: 3
Backstabbing: 3[/list]

[h3][color=662d91][b]Background:[/b][/color][/h3]
[indent]Lysander Cowles, also known as Lys [i](“Lee”)[/i] grew up in a port city to a dock-working father and loving mother. That was the first ten years of his life. Both parents died in a storm, leaving their young son to fend for himself. He took over the work of his father hauling freight onto ships or unloading ships onto the docks. He received sufficient money to buy clothing and food for his sustenance. Lysander Cowles had no home.[/indent]

[indent]The home his parents resided in was owned by a gentleman who did not see a profit in allowing a child to reside there alone. Lys was forced to live on the streets of Rockport, a port city located about sixty kilometers south of Guillian and more than a few hundred kilometers north of Avondyllac. The city traded in fish and other commodities, insignificant quantities to the bustling trade of the Empire of Nine’s Capital to the north. There were honestly more fishing vessels in Rockport than other incidental trade.[/indent]

[indent]Lysander was a student of human behavior observing the interactions of all sorts. He acquired a keen understanding of motivations of men. He was able to use this knowledge to manipulate a situation, gaining confidence and tricking people out of their possessions.[/indent]

[indent]By the time he was 16, the master longshoreman grew tired of Lysander’s games and fired him. The local City’s Watch no longer wanted him in the city; his reputation had grown. The young master Cowles traveled the Empire of the Nines making a living any way he could, relying on his skills to help him survive.[/indent]

[indent]During the twenty-five years of wandering the Empire, Lys has taken on various identities including a minor lord from a little known western province, named Lord Ser Geoffrey Martin. His other identities help conceal his true identity. In fact, he rarely tells people his real name trusting no one.[/indent] 

[indent]He has acquired a modest wardrobe of clothing of various earthen and darkened colors tailored to his various identities. He has developed a penchant for acting or role playing as a result of his disguises. Upon his left breast, he wears a silver brooch helping him identify with the character he is currently portraying. For Mord Bachand he wears a silver palm tree. For Lord Ser Geoffrey Martin he wears a silver thistle. For Malachai Winslow he wears a silver crescent moon arcing over three small stars. For Creighton Fellows he wears a silver blooming lily.[/indent]

[indent]He rents a small hovel near the edge of the Market district and a nearby residential area in the city of Guillian. In his small room, there is a bed and a chest of drawers containing his modest collection of clothing, brooches and other tricks of his trade. Lysander has been in Guillian for the past year and is currently known by the name [b][i]Creighton Fellows[/i][/b] by those who come in contact with him.[/indent]

[h3][color=662d91][b]Personal Effects:[/b][/color][/h3]
[list]•	polished bone & wood handled 9” steel dagger with a curved ornate blade
•	Three simple 6” daggers
•	High soft leather boots, brown
•	Brown wool trousers
•	Hunter green undershirt
•	Brown wool & Leather tunic, clasped at the throat
•	Silver brooch worn on the upper left chest denoting a blooming lily.
•	Small waist pouch containing stones. This is a distraction. He carries his money in a small pocket inside his trousers or tunic.[/list][/hider]