Caravel — Car to anyone who knows them — is nineteen, Venturia-born, and finished with secrets. The child of the family that keeps the Covenant Archive, raised beside a twin sister their parents preferred and a family business they walked away from, Car found their own road into the city's masks and music as an apprentice of the Masquers' Sodality. The reason they hate secrets is simple and unhealed: a family friend made a quiet deal, and the next night Car found the body.
Concept
A custom Masquerade Bard, born and raised in Venturia.
Family
Car's parents run The Covenant Archive, the house where the city's deals are sealed and kept. There's a twin sister — the "perfect" one, the favored one — and a long family friendship with the owners of The Burnt Quill. Car rejected the family trade.
The Masquerade
Car watched family friends strike a bargain with someone they didn't know. The following night, at the Autumn Masquerade, that friend was dead. Car's parents call it "betrayal" and refuse to say more. Car has been categorically opposed to secrets ever since — and, perhaps in spite of that, was drawn straight into the Sodality's world of masks, theater, and performance.
Ties
- Roxanya "Roxy" — An unlikely friendship, given that Roxy collects the very secrets Car despises.
- Orabella — An indirect link through the stage: the performer Orabella adores, Celina Cross, is the elder sister of the friend Car lost at the Masquerade.
- The Masquers' Sodality — Car's apprenticeship and entry into the city's mask-and-theater world.
- The Covenant Archive — The family business Car was raised in and rejected.
- Celina Cross — Names this character in its connections.
- The Autumn Masquerade — Names this character in its connections.
- The Covenant of Silver Scales — Names this character in its connections.