Armando Contenza Bilazno De Medici

== Appearance ==
* Pronunciation guide: arr-MAHN'-doh cohn-TEN'-zah bee-LAHZ'-noh deh meh-DEE'-chee
* Fantasy race: Human
* Pronoun: He/Him
* Age: 31
* Voice Accent: Somewhat of a Castilian Spanish accent with a pronounced lisp. Says words as follows:
** Both the 'Z' and the 'S' makes the 'TH' sound: "The thea-thide in Ibitha ith thpectacular!"
** an 'SH' makes the 'CH' sound: "You chould chare your milk chake"
** a 'J' makes the 'Y' sound (and vice versa): "My favorite New Jork Jankee is Derek Yeter"
** a 'V' makes the 'B' sound (and vice versa) (only for the first letter): "We should let the balet park the ban and then walk to the vank".
* Height: 6 ft. 2 in.
* Weight: 165 lb.
* Hair color: Deep brown (SW 3110 Classic Cherry) shoulder length hair with a respectable mustache
* Skin color: moderately tanned (SW 7719 Fresco Cream)
* Eye color: Light amber (DB 7100 Amber Hue)
* Example clothing outfit worn: Very similar to this outfit (without the gun)
* Firebreathing Kitten Tattoo location: Center of the back of the neck just under the hairline. Obscured by the shoulder-length hair.
== Personality ==
* Traits:
** Honor is everything. Disdain for those who lack it and respect for those that have it
** Very temperamental. Trying to master his emotions as the last avenue of self mastery
* Goal: To be known as the greatest swordfighter that ever lived without sacrificing his honor
* Flaw: I am a superstitious man and only move as the fates allow
* Biggest Fear: To be humiliated, especially in combat
* One thing they want more than anything else: I will one day find the man who killed my parents and give him what he deserves
* Pop culture influences (who are they like): Combination of Inigo Montoya (swordsmanship and Spanish heritage) and Daffy Duck (quick temper and lisp)
* Tics / Mannerisms to help DMs portray them consistently: Very hot tempered and quick to fight. Consistently brings up his sword fighting prowess and is quite cocky. 
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== Social Connections ==
=== Family members: ===
* Father: Arturo Contenza Bilazno De Medici (Deceased)
* Mother: Maria Contenza Bilazno De Medici (Deceased)
* Distant cousin: Federico Contenza Bilazno De Medici
* Aunt: Antoinette Monteleone - Maria's twin sister
* Half-Brother: Giosef Arturo Filosopheno - servant of the de Medici family and revealed as Armando's half-brother in Old Cases New Faces
=== People they know: ===
* Émile Safiosi: Mentor and cherished father figure
* Robin Banks: Former fellow student at Niqamui Fencing Academy. He formerly helped to catch her as she was a serial cat burglar and thought her very dishonorable. After Telenovela Verde, he considers her reformed.
* Death: Encountered Death upon death, but was able to negotiate his revivification
* Boatman of the Land of the Dead: Taximan that transported Armando from Death to Life. Explained a bit about their union and the mystery of the afterlife
* Nanny Flops McGee: Owned the house with rats in You Only Live Twice
* Jesop Zahdoc: Legendary gladiator whose father trapped Zidane Carmichael in stasis. Spoke to him about being an honorable warrior and friendship
* Bertrand Cromwell: Hired FBK to remove people from his mansion. His soul was trapped by a doll and is now forever tied to the house
* Antonia Le Tigre: an Arbiter of the Keepers of the Interdimensional Doorway System (K.I.D.S.) and responsible from maintaining the integrity of the doors that connect dimensions. Hired FBK to retrieve the Bag of Tricks to fix the doors.
* Captain Horatio Magellan: Agent of Antonia Le Tigre in Niqamui. Was kidnapped by the Crispy Gang and rescued by FBK. He also sailed them to Professor Spark's island to recover the Bag of Tricks
* Apple Jack: Whiskey distiller that had a beef with Horatio Magellan and his grain. He helped FBK identify Horatio's ship
* Samuel Ramphastidae: First mate to Horatio Magellan. Asked FBK to help rescue the kidnapped Horatio Magellan
* Click Shadowstalker: Member of the Crispy Gang. Kidnapped Horatio Magellan for unknown reasons. Released Horatio to FBK.
* Russell Tiburon: Member of the Crispy Gang. Kidnapped Horatio Magellan for unknown reasons. Released Horatio to FBK.
* Boom Bang-Pow: Member of the Crispy Gang. Kidnapped Horatio Magellan for unknown reasons. Released Horatio to FBK.
* Barry Stien: Stitched together golem living in the castle at Professor Spark's island. Tried to stymie FBK, but was circumvented
* Fortuitous the Leprcaun: Met on Professor Spark's island as an interdimensional refugee. Was rescued and delivered to the Interdimensional Doorway system
* Professor Madeline Spark: Met when FBK was in pursuit of Antonia Le Tigre's Bag of Tricks in I Eat Challenges For Breakfast. Also hired them to recover a stolen book in Family Heirloom. Armando is very suspicious of her.
* Arlie Barrett: Encountered when she stole Antonia Le Tigre's Bag of Tricks. Captured and brought to justice.
* Noona Khatun: Human that hired FBK to escort her niece and nephew to Bumblehenge.
* Faksma Sheen: 10 year old boy escorted to Bumblehenge
* Kopéma Sheen: 8 year old girl escorted to Bumblehenge
* Monk Of Bumblehenge: elf monk, lives at Bumblehenge, tends the Yamanarashi trees.
* Alexander McJohn: Met at Ivy Green's birthday party. Was asked by Rose Green to investigate whether the rumor of his stealing a brewing recipe was legitimate
* Fern Green: Met at Ivy Green's birthday party. She hired Armando to investigate Alexander McJohn on behalf of her mother
* Leug Goldbeard: Met at Ivy Green's birthday party. 
* Martirosyan Manuk: Encountered on the way to Bumblehenge and again at Ivy Green's birthday party. Both times she tried to kill who she thought was Emile. She almost killed Robin Banks and inadvertently caused Armando to reflect on his duty/honor seeing her almost die
* Òr Goldbeard: Met at Ivy Green's birthday party. 
* Reed Darling: Met at Ivy Green's birthday party. 
* Rose Green: Met at Ivy Green's birthday party. She hired Armando to investigate Alexander McJohn. She also decided to become Armando's patron after the events of Ivy's birthday (including paying for his upcoming lawyer fees).
* Kabrel Glaive - desk sergeant in the past in the Niqamui Town Guard during events of Old Cases New Faces. He would not recognize Armando because he was in the body of a town guard.
* Oliver Mason - a younger servant in the de Medici family at the time of the murder of Armando's parents
* Dr. Nightshade - a suspect and assassin for hire/serial killer
* Bonaventura Halevy - Credibly accused of the murder of Armando's parents. Escaped justice by having Nightshade kill him (which sent him back to Hell for a time)
* Barbara Donovan - Reporter on the scene at the end of the events of Old Cases New Faces. She would not recognize Armando because he was in the body of a town guard.
* Cleo the Parrot - Family pet. Provided evidence in the murder of Arturo and Maria Contenza Bilazno De Medici
* Myzzrak Givadogabone - Heard this name from Edward of Nod. Armando knows he sold the orb to Edward that let him control dreams (without telling him Kera Bossin was inside it, of course). Seems like bad news and Armando thinks negatively of this guy.
* Mr. Business - a henchman of the Safiosi that Armando found in Edward's safehouse. Managed to hamstring him and get information from him and told the Firebreathing Kittens about the magical artifacts the henchmen had been tasks with retrieving from Edward of Nod's house.
* Clifford the Beagle - a cow sized beagle dog summoned by Sadie that sometimes attacks people. Licked Armando's face like crazy at the end of Nod Again. 
* Edward Of Nod - Asked for the kittens' help, knew he was under threat of kidnapping.
* Snek Gurl - a dream dweller who was out on a shopping trip to buy a gem when she got possessed by Anne. Armando only knew her in the context of being possessed by Anne.
* Don Kissel - Armando chased him but failed to catch the guy. Responsible for endangering Emile and is therefore at the top of Armando's "To-do" list.
* Kara Bassan - an entity formerly inside Edward of Nod's orb, who was arranging an escape from the dream world into reality. Armando helped foil their plan
* Father Hugo Bramble - Officiated at Armando's funeral. His homily made it clear he did not now Armando well at all.
* Morrow Death - Aspect of death that coaxed Merlot Happenstance to poison Armando in order to bring him to the realm of the dead. "Hires" FBK to restore the traditional organization of the Aspects of Death. Armando pledged to help Morrow prior to realizing that he had been manipulated.
* Satisfying Death - Also known as The Architect. She looked like Armando's grandmother and tried to reform death so that all deaths were Satisfying in order to reunify the aspects of Death. It was pointed out to her that this may not go the way she thinks
* Peaceful Death - Met Armando in a peaceful clearing of a forest in the after-life. 
* Tragic Death - Named Drought and was represented by an older man. He observed Renna Halverston relive the tragic battle that took her life.
* Finality of Death - Gentleman who could be the twin of Drought. Black suit, silver pocket watch.
* Forgotten Death - Memoria asked Armando to choose between her twin and Sadie's body. The party was able to acquire both. 
* Remembered Death - Olivia, Forgotten Death's twin
* Endless Remorseful Death - Echo, wraithlike aspect of death that gave Yarnak the crystal to talk to dead king and helped Sadie and Anne merge again.
* Merlot Happenstance - Present at the funeral for Armando, Yarnak, and Sadie/Anne. Was responsible for murdering Armando. Armando has sworn revenge against his cowardly and dishonorable act. 
* Renna Halverston - knight, brown hair, defended the Starlight Family
* Karis Vale - Who refused to accept the lesson of Finality of Death.
FBK members (through various adventures):
* Nulisag
* Dr. Crud III
* Bartholomew Xalvador
* Maeve Dera Flame
* Sadie Duca
* Zidane Carmichael
* Demyan Belov
* Bill Destatueman
* Qigiq Steel
* Ivy Green
* Ailbh Goldbeard
* Nasty MacAntyre
* Nugh The Silent
* Yarnak Verras
* Social class: Thought he was wealthy even though he did not use his inherited wealth. As revealed in Telenovela Verde, his father racked up debts in his name and he is very poor.
* Occupation: Mercenary swordsman
* Combat class: Fighter
* Where do they sleep at night? Usually camps in a nearby forest
== Background/Personal history: ==
* The only child of an aristocratic government councilman and heiress to a fashion empire. Armando was mistreated by his parents at a young age when he sought to pursue honor as inspired by some of his favorite heroes. In order to escape their malice, he would practice swordplay at the Niqamui Fencing Academy from dawn until dusk so that he would not have to be subject to their irrational reactivity. His parents were highly corrupt and used all manner of intrigue and malicious tactics to enrich themselves and destroy their enemies' reputations and livelihoods. Whenever Armando got close to uncovering their rotten dealings, they would use their parental authority and controlling, narcissistic tactics to manipulate him by deflecting any blame or responsibility from themselves. As he grew older, he would hear the whispered rumors of the truth of his parents; how dishonorable they are and corrupt to the bone. At first, he challenged them to duels to protect his family's honor. Even as the victories mounted, he felt the nagging suspicion that there was truth to the stories of their corruption. At the age of 20, he left home and chose to distance himself from his parents. One week after he left for Jishoap, his parents were murdered in their beds by an unknown assassin. When news reached Armando that his parents had died, he went through a cathartic breakdown for 2 months. After regaining his senses, he vowed to pursue his goal of becoming the best swordsman in history and, adding to his goals, finding the one who murdered his parents to so he can give them what is coming to them.
== Things I'd like to explore in future episodes: ==
* Armando realizes that the way to achieve greatness is through self-mastery. He would like to explore the ways he needs to adopt to be less cocky, more socially engaged, and accepting of all possibilities, even death. Once he can work through the trauma of his childhood, he can stay in a more grounded state to simply "be" instead of being reactive to situations.
* The assassin of his parents is in the wind. He does not feel as though that got properly resolved and wants to find the assassin to dole out what is coming to him/her.
* In Telenovela Verde, Armando confessed to hiring the assassin who killed his parents. He sent a letter to the newspaper and police. Logically, a future episode should be about the court case where Armando gets charged for his crime. Armando also learned he has $30,000 of loans taken out in his name by his parents. He was poor before this episode, but now he is extremely poor. 
* In Old Cases New Faces, it is revealed that although Armando tried to post a contract on his parents' lives, the contract was never executed. Instead, they where murdered by a political rival, Bonaventura Halevy. He is exonerated for their murders but may still suffer consequences for the attempted contract.
== List of adventures ==
* You Only Live Twice: In this episode, Armando experiences death, although he cannot remember the details until Death explains them. While in the Land of the Dead, he encounters the spirits of his parents and shrinks from them as he did in the land of the living. Maeve defends his honor by punching his father and strikes a bond between her and Armando, He manages to return to the world of the living, along with Maeve and Bartholomew, and barely return to their bodies in time before they were to be disposed of.
* Gifts Of The Past: In this episode, Armando traverses a corridor to memories of the past, along with Sadie and Bartholomew. They are tasked with retrieving 6 objects from the recesses of memories. As Armando goes through his memories, he encounters his mentor, Emile, and is filled with a renewed purpose. After collecting the items, Armando is rewarded with the legendary sword Hopebringer, which was formerly wielded by legendary hero Favian Ragnor and was used in his defeating the 3rd incarnation of Thalkor the Subjugator.
* Family Heirloom: In this episode, Armando and Sadie assist Zidane in reacquiring a sword of his from another former gladiatorial champion, Jesop Zahdoc. The sword was a family heirloom of Zidane's and Jesop is convinced to return it to its rightful owner. He also helps to expose a pickpocketing ring consisting of theives that all look remarkably similar. In an attempt to pursue a stolen magical book, Sadie, Zidane, and he help to wrangle an undead zombie from one of the increasingly appearing hordes in order to have the zombie lead them to the source of the magic that presumably summoned them. In a way, he is grateful that they did not find it as the quest giver, Madeline Spark, revealed how she might use it to control more advanced undead such as vampires. In the end, Jesop spoke to Armando about the possibility of kindling a friendship.
* Be A Doll: In this episode, Armando rejoins Sadie and Bartholomew to take on what looks to be a very old job post. They are asked to investigate an address in the town of Hwantz Upon Atyme and get rid of what sound like trespassers. As the party reaches the manor, they find it in disrepair and are informed of some unusual activity within from Bartholomew's friend, Gideon. Sadie sees an investment opportunity and suggests the party go to the Town Hall to investigate the records of the mansion. Between the town hall and a run in with the mayor, Federico Contanza Bilazno De Medici, they find that the home is haunted and was willed to a (creepy) doll. The party returns to the home and discovers both a fake and a real haunting. Sadie agrees to take over the home but give space to the ghost, Bertrand Cromwell, for him to enjoy his library in perpetuity.
* I Eat Challenges For Breakfast: In this episode, Armando meets Demyan at the guild hall and together they pursue a thief at the behest of an enigmatic, anthropomorphic tiger named Antonia. A rabbit folk thief stole an irreplaceable tool used to repair the doors between dimensions (known as the Bag of Tricks). They were directed to her contact in Niqamui that had gone missing recently, Captain Horatio Magellan. They return to Niqamui and head to the docks. With the help of the people at the dock facility as well as the first mate, Sam, they find Captain Magellan and release him from the custody of some street toughs. He directs them to an island where they suspect the Bag of Tricks to be. Upon their arrival, they encounter challenges with a swarm of bees, a "Frankenstein" monster (named Barry), and a suspicious leprechaun. After finding the thief, Arlie Barrett, the battle and defeat her. After reclaiming the bag, they take Arlie, the leprechaun, and transport them all back to the domain of all the doors between dimensions.
* Roots Of Corruption: Armando travels with Bill and Qigiq to escort two children heading to a pilgrimage. Upon arriving to the site, they discover an odd, purple substance that affects the living for ill. After defeating the initial part of it, they find the temple and its monk caretaker along with his long-lost mentor, Emile. Armando falls apart and admits to Emile the dishonor and shame he bears while Emile listens and gives him solace. Afterward, they stay with the children and learn about the special forest that surrounds them. Later, Emile rouses Armando and asks for his help to defeat someone. As they make their way through the forest at night, Bill sees that they are all affected by the purple substance as is the section of forest to which they have been lured. They steel themselves and works to incinerate the corrupted trees.
* Telenovela Verde: While attending Ivy Green's birthday the truth of his father ruining people's lives comes out. Additionally, his rival, Robin Banks, reunites with him in a testy exchange that raises Armando's suspicions. Through the course of events of the episode, many things happen. First, Armando is hired to investigate the rumor that Alexander McJohn stole Ailbh's recipe by Rose Green, a large investor in the brewery operation. Also, Armando calls out the malfeasance of Robin and is convinced she is not reformed. She eventually wins him over and he admires her sacrifice in order to save their common mentor, Emile. While she bleeds out, he holds her to make sure she is not alone, although Alexander McJohn is able to heal her with his LifeBru potion. He softens his stance towards her, in spite of her dishonorable, criminal past, and is motivated to confess the events that led up to the assassination of his parents (including his hiring the assassin for that purpose). Armando is willing to stand with honor toward any consequences that follow. Because of Rose Green's dedication to prison reform, she is willing to aid Armando as his new patron. In Telenovela Verde, Armando confessed to hiring the assassin who killed his parents. He sent a letter to the newspaper and police. Logically, a future episode should be about the court case where Armando gets charged for his crime. Armando also learned he has $30,000 of loans taken out in his name by his parents. He was poor before this episode, but now he is extremely poor.
* Old Cases New Faces: In an instant, Armando was transported back in time along with Nasty and Sadie/Anne into the bodies of town guards to the night of his parents' murder. Filled with conflicted emotions knowing he wrote a contract out for their assassination, he dutifully looks at evidence and faces the result of their lifeless bodies in their very familiar room. Through the course of the investigation, he discovers that his father sired many children with many other women besides his mother and the family servant, Giosef was, in fact, one of his half brothers. As the clues fell into place, the nature of the crime began to take shape. Although Armando tried to hire an assassin via a job posting at the seedy Dark Web tavern, there was no evidence this took place. However, his father was running for re-election as city councilman against the new challenger Bonaventura Halevy, a recent friend and co-conspirator. Even though Bonaventura had the alibi that he was temporarily dead and in Hell during the time of the murders, when plied with booze he admitted to having Dr. Nightshade take out his political opponent. Armando is able to contact his lawyer in the episode and the facts of the case are presented to help exonerate him from the crime of murder. 
** Best guesses to the timeline of events:
*** Maria was upset when Arturo's philandering was exposed and threatened him.
*** Arturo responded by poisoning his wife and killing her.
*** Arturo regretted his choice and gently changed her clothes to her favorite pajamas in an act of contrition.
*** Dr. Nightshade appeared disguised as Giosef and murdered Arturo with a small platinum fox statuette.
*** Dr. Nightshade reports the crime as Giosef and feigns innocence.
*** The real Giosef shows up and reveals he has been kidnapped for 3 months while Dr. Nightshade infiltrated the trust of the Medici family.
* Nod Again: Armando assisted Nugh and Sadie/Anne in preventing the barrier between the real world and the dream world to be torn asunder. In the process, He saved his mentor Emile and gained a motivation to try and take down the Safiosi family.
* When A Tree Falls: Armando finds himself dead (again!) and works with the aspect of death to restore the traditional organization and operation of Death, itself 
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