Name: Vincent Williams

Stage Name: The Piper

Appearance:
 Vincent has light brown hair, green eyes, is of a rather thin lanky build, reaching approximately 6'2. He tends to dress in a dark charcoal pin striped suit and is never seen without his his pocket watch and cigars.

Age: 119, appears to be in his mid to late twenties.

Personality: Vincent is generally quiet and reserved. While he comes off callous (watching people die can do that to you), he is rather gentlemanly. However, Vincent has been known to be rather vicious when angered. Angering him though is relatively hard to do, that is unless you screw him over somehow. When angered Vincent doesn't show it, if it just so happens that the person who angered him can't remember who they are oh well. The only sure way to escape his wrath is if he percieves you as part of his family, which the easiest way to find out is to piss him off and hope for the best.

Likes:
-Messing with people's heads
-a good joke
-silence
-gambling
-a nice relaxing drive
-high quality cigars
-learning people's dark secrets

Dislikes: 
-snitches, liars, thiefs, (people who screw him over)
-nicknames
-having people call him Vinny
-being called sonny
-crappy cigars
-losing money

History: Vincent was born to a single mother of English descent in lower east New York City. Growing up in a neighborhood of Italian immigriants and their children Vincnet was often picked on and bullied for his heritage, which was made even easier due to his thin lanky build. However, never one to give up Vincent often tried to fight off his attackers, until he eventually realized, at the age of nine, that while he may not be able to defend himself, he could certainly find some kids who could. The next time that he was confronted by the children in his neighborhhood he was accompanied by several older children, whom he had bribed to work for him with a promise to let them keep whatever the bullies dropped. Needless to say after that Vincent wasn't bothered much, as he always had his entourage of lackeys to protect him. It was at this point that Vincent learned that with the right words he could make anyone do as he wanted.

As he aged Vincent realized he could get more and more from people with less and less actual benefit to them. At the age of seventeen Vincent started running books for a small branch of the Italian Mafia. After a few months though he was confronted by one of the made members (a full blood Italian member) he worked for. The member accused Vincent of trying to steal from them (which he in fact was). Vincent however, turned the tables on the made member and convinced the head of the family that it was in fact the made member who had been stealing. After essentialy sealing the man's fate, Vincent was given run over the rest of the bookies in the area and was invited to join in on the bi-weekly games of poker that the higher ups in the mob enjoyed. Slowly working his way up the chain through the mafia Vincent found himself in a posistion he couldn't get past. As the prohibition started he realized that even though he had spent the past eight years with the mafia he could climb no further because he was not a made member, rather only an associate. Refusing to give up though Vincent was resoundly astounded when he managed to some get the family to view as a full member.

With his new spot in the family came a new job, negotiating with other gangs. While many of his fellow made members often had their deals break down in violence Vincent never once had a deal go bad, in fact he always seemed to end up with a better deal than what was orginally agreed upon. Due to his ability to get anyyone to follow his commands he was given a nickname of "The Piper" by the family. It was during these dealings with other gangs that Vincent really began to pick up on his abilities. He had always realized he had a way with words, but he had soon realized that he was getting impressions and signals from the others around him. The more he concentrated upon the more he could derive from them, eventually after months of honing this skill he was able to pinpoint what it was. He could read surface level thoughts and had an ability to manipulate people with his words.

By the eighth year of the Prohibition Vincent found himself actually in control of an area of New York as a new head in a branch of the Italian Mafia. This posistion of his in the family did not last long though, as the man before him had left quite a mess behind. Shortly after he took over, the police were knocking on the door. After his men had failed to fight off the police, the police began to round up the ones still alive. Yet with a few words to one of the cops with his still quite new found powers he was on his way out the door, hands still free.

Instead of returning back to the mob though Vincnet decided to seek out more about his powers. Spending the next few decades learning more about mages, and committing the common con now and again for money, he found his way to The Troupe. Now he uses his power for his favorite purpose messing with people, and making money.