A well-traveled merchant and inveterate collector who keeps a modest spice-and-dye house, Volante & Associates, in the Market Tiers and a far less modest collection of masks. Tall, olive-skinned, somewhere in his fifties, with the easy bearing of a man who has been comfortable in difficult rooms his whole life.
The Trade
His business, Volante & Associates, deals in spice and dye out of the Market Tiers — legitimate, profitable, and quiet. His real passion lies elsewhere: a narrow room in his warehouse hung with fifty masks and more, gathered from a dozen craft traditions across his travels.
Manner
Warm, curious, lightly theatrical, with a dry humor he delivers without a flicker. He has learned that silence makes people fill the space in interesting ways, and he uses it. He collects masks, information, and interesting people in roughly equal measure.
Connections
- The Masquers' Sodality — Connected to the Sodality through his collecting and trade.