More New
Roz again with a new character, Sebastian Pleasance who is currently working as the secretary of the manager of the bank and helping Sergius Petrov with his blackmail – providing him information and creating false accounts. He lives at Miss Louisa’s in the top room for a small fortune.
Sebastian was the result of an ill advised liaison and was abandoned on the door-steps of the local church when he was only a few days old. Given that his mother, whoever she is, could have simply left him where no-one would have found him or smothered the child at birth he was extremely lucky and more so that she cared enough to leave him to the church. He was taken in, an orphan, and named by the men who worked there – Sebastian after the Saint.
Sebastian received an education beyond the expectations of other orphans, learning not only to read and write but also numbers and Latin and French. A smart child he excelled at all of these things but his intelligence and small frame made him a target for the other boys who lived in the church orphanage who bullied him incessantly.
He was also a target for the religious men who ran the orphanage but Sebastian used their attentions to protect himself from the other boys and gain perks the others never saw. At the age of eighteen when the others found placements in the church or apprenticeships Sebastian knew neither of those paths were for him. Using the evidence of their affair he blackmailed his priest, Father Pleasance, into finding him a job in the bank.
Sebastian started as a low level junior clerk but soon, being pretty and clever, had worked his way up to the secretary of the bank manager. But still that was not enough for Sebastian and he used his new position to begin stealing small amounts of money from the banks patrons. He met Sergius through such attempts and the man gave him a choice – either help Sergius in his blackmail, provide him with account and investment details or he would summon the constable and have Sebastian carted off to prison were he’d no doubt be hung.
Quite happy not to be hung Sebastian began working for Sergius, feeding him information in exchange for invites to social functions and a split of the profits.
So who is up for some plots with Sebastian? I think he could certainly have dealings with Demertri or anyone who’s using the bank he works at or who’s blackmailed by Sergius. I’d also like to maybe do something about discovering who his parents are. Sebastian is twenty-two years old just to help get ages in order.