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*Elizabeth is the '''Queen of Games''', a harlequin in black and blue with a crown for a jester's hat (or vice-versa). With a sweep of her fingers, she can create new games, define their rules, reward heroic victors and punish debtors and cheats. | *Elizabeth is the '''Queen of Games''', a harlequin in black and blue with a crown for a jester's hat (or vice-versa). With a sweep of her fingers, she can create new games, define their rules, reward heroic victors and punish debtors and cheats. | ||
==Staff== | |||
*'''Rochambeau''' is the Queen's Vizier, a dour aging man in dark suit who administers that which needs administration and arranges that which needs arranging. | *'''Rochambeau''' is the Queen's Vizier, a dour aging man in dark suit who administers that which needs administration and arranges that which needs arranging. | ||
*'''Joe''' is always present behind the bar to salve sorrows and encourage the despairing to try their luck once more. | |||
==Players== | |||
*'''Lady Isabel''' is an elfin femme fatale who rates among the Palace's most successful regulars. | *'''Lady Isabel''' is an elfin femme fatale who rates among the Palace's most successful regulars. | ||
*'''Tanto''' the clown is a disreputable ruffian and cheat, always ready with a cunning plan to make his fortune... or dispose of a ''real'' troublemaker. | *'''Tanto''' the clown is a disreputable ruffian and cheat, always ready with a cunning plan to make his fortune... or dispose of a ''real'' troublemaker. | ||
*The calculating '''Rostina''' is adept at games of strategy and mathematics, the winnings from which she uses to further ornament her robotic body. | *The calculating '''Rostina''' is adept at games of strategy and mathematics, the winnings from which she uses to further ornament her robotic body. | ||
==Miscellaneous== | |||
*Androgynous, spiderlike '''Tictac''' is rarely seen, and more rarely understood, but sometimes visits at just the right moment to dispense a hint, an idea, or even the plan for a whole new game. | *Androgynous, spiderlike '''Tictac''' is rarely seen, and more rarely understood, but sometimes visits at just the right moment to dispense a hint, an idea, or even the plan for a whole new game. | ||
Revision as of 23:09, 30 May 2010
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Inhabitants
- Elizabeth is the Queen of Games, a harlequin in black and blue with a crown for a jester's hat (or vice-versa). With a sweep of her fingers, she can create new games, define their rules, reward heroic victors and punish debtors and cheats.
Staff
- Rochambeau is the Queen's Vizier, a dour aging man in dark suit who administers that which needs administration and arranges that which needs arranging.
- Joe is always present behind the bar to salve sorrows and encourage the despairing to try their luck once more.
Players
- Lady Isabel is an elfin femme fatale who rates among the Palace's most successful regulars.
- Tanto the clown is a disreputable ruffian and cheat, always ready with a cunning plan to make his fortune... or dispose of a real troublemaker.
- The calculating Rostina is adept at games of strategy and mathematics, the winnings from which she uses to further ornament her robotic body.
Miscellaneous
- Androgynous, spiderlike Tictac is rarely seen, and more rarely understood, but sometimes visits at just the right moment to dispense a hint, an idea, or even the plan for a whole new game.