Gypsy Babes

-edit- Well I guess I'm going for this after all.

Name: Finn or Fionn (Fionn being the name of the hunter-warrior from Irish mythology, Finn being the anglicized version of the name) probably Finn
Gender: male
Age: 2-3
Design: -counts- #3

Personality: Finn is an unrepentant scoundrel, a rapscallious rascal of the highest degree. This shameless reprobate doesn't just attract trouble, he creates chaos and discord where e'er he roams for the sheer amusement of it. Well, not entirely for amusement - he's a clever boy, this one, and he uses said chaos as a cover for fleecing the unsuspecting, for swindling and for thievery. That's right, he's a con artist and a thief, an inveterate ne'er-do-well. He also has something of a weakness for pretty women, but he's far from the sort to be tied down and he's just as likely to use sex as a con as he is recreationally though he certainly does enjoy him some recreational womanizing. He isn't at all interested in the procreation part of the act, though perhaps some day he'll find himself a gypsy wife and raise a passel of hellions to be just like him. This rakehell gypsy boy doesn't have a soft spot for kids in particular - oh don't get me wrong, he likes them well enough. Kids are easy marks, particularly yearlings who think they're invincible and know everything but don't have the experience to back it up. He's just not a big cuddly marshmallow around kids like a lot of folk are. They're just miniature, naive adults, and he's not really all that interested in them on a personal level.

One of the keys to running a con is to know enough about a subject for your lie to ring true - to that end Finn has dabbled in a little of everything from healing to languages to major religions to hunting and fighting. Now he's not as much a fan of fighting and hunting - they're a lot of physical labor and potential pain for little reward in his opinion, but he keeps himself physically fit and trained because let's face it, eventually even the best con goes sour and you need to save yourself. And hey, it just makes sense to learn to foretell the weather if you're going to set yourself up as a magic-man, or herbals if you're going to pose as a healer, or enough words in a foreign language to impress idiots with some gobbledygook when you're trying to come across as some sort of foreign royalty. He's truly a jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none sort and never turns down the opportunity to learn something new, because you never know when it will come useful.

So that's the bad, what's the good? There's a smidgen of light to redeem this wicked degenerate, and some of it's even genuine. He doesn't really go out of his way to bring lasting harm to a person, which is to say he's not really into murder or torture. He's a charmer, not a killer. He'll probably rob you blind, but he isn't going to maim you. He'll use you, but he doesn't do the abuse thing. Rape? Absolutely not. If he can't convince you peacefully to have sex with him, he's just not going to have sex with you. So he does have a code of honor, even if it's a bit loose and grey. He's also intelligent and methodical, though he's not at all opposed to whimsy on occasion. Plus he totally shares what he gets with the rest of the troupe of gypsies. He never runs a con on a fellow gypsy, he never steals from them, and he always has their back. See, he's not such a bad guy! Of course he's also not entirely above kidnapping promising young wolves, manipulating them into running away with the gypsies of their own free will to add to their numbers if they'd be useful, and his trade goods are more often than not stolen or conned from some previous mark rather than earned in a more socially pleasing manner, but hey! Everyone's got their faults.

He's also, surprisingly, one of the most superstitious and pious wolves around. His success in his illicit activities comes at a price - a constant vigilance to the spirits and omens in the world around him. Oh, the spirits are very, very real my friend, and they often don't approve of the darker activities he indulges in, but a great deal of judicious bribery often seems to convince them to turn a blind eye or even lend a helpful hand.

Background: Oh, you think the gypsy life is your destiny? You merely adopted it - I was born in it, moulded by it. I did not see another way until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but boring!

Yes, dear Finn here was born to the gypsy life of gypsy parents and spent his childhood immersed in it and allowed to run wild throughout his childhood, as long as he pulled his own weight. Of course when your dad's a thief and your mother's a con artist, pulling your own weight as a pup generally means learning to be the bait, the distraction, and he was brilliant at it. Heck, the kid could summon great big crocodile tears on cue before he could even talk. Of course his parents didn't neglect his education in the spiritual aspects of their life either, and like all gypsies he grew up knowing to stay on the spirits' good side no matter what, even if he skirted the line of their displeasure at times he was careful to make sure to bribe the hell out of them before, during, and after, and it seemed to work because he's been fairly successful in his life. By the time he started running his own scams and lining his own metaphorical pockets alone, he realized that not everyone in the world believed as they did, not everyone had the same colorful, flamboyant lifestyle they did - and he found normal wolves to be rather drab and boring in their staid, routine lives. It was fun to shake up their dull little worlds and sow chaos, as well as being useful to him.

Plans: Immediately, I plan to buy him ridiculous amounts of bling good luck charms and talismans. Bangles, piercings, silky scarves and bright feathers and beads. Every time you see him he'll probably have added a new item to his overall look. He will be a nightmare to manip but he'll look gypsy as hell yo. Long term plans would be to keep him out of packs and to con the hell out of the poor unsuspecting Alacratians but stay at least two steps ahead of the "law". Don't worry, he'll share the wealth with his gypsy clan.