Dr. Nightshade

Some say he's a ghost, some say he's a shadow. Some say he's just a regular guy trying to make a living.
Even in the seedy underbelly of Niqamui's squirrel-infested sewers, the name "Dr. Nightshade" inspires fear.
As a master of disguise, he could be anyone. He could be everyone. He could be you.
== Appearance ==
* Fantasy race: Lizard Humanoid, but wears skinsuits to disguise his identity.
* Pronoun: he/him
* Age: Adult
* Voice accent: Extremely dodgy Italian-American, but will put on even dodgier accents to remain anonymous.
* Height: Average
* Weight: Heavy but not large (aka dense - will sink like he's wearing concrete shoes)
* Hair colour: Depends on skinsuit
* Skin colour: Depends on skinsuit
* Eye colour: Yellow - you've got to pop the eyes out of the skinsuit to see through.
* Example clothing outfit worn: Whatever the skinsuit was wearing at the time of extraction (TOE). Always wears boots or closed-toe shoes to hide protruding claws and webbed feet. Beach parties are a no-go.
=== Special Skills ===
* Can peel anything with extraordinary speed
* Can breathe underwater
* Excellent Swimmer
== Personality ==
* Traits: Chaotic, risk-encouraging, reckless, results-driven, poison expert and fairly amoral.
* Ideal / Dream / Goal: Wants to enjoy the finer things in life without the annoyance of being recognised.
* Flaw: (see: traits). Allergic to small mammals, and is lactose intolerant. Scared of heights, but will never admit it.
* Pop culture influences (who are they like): Somewhere in between Tony Soprano and Bender B. Rodriguez, with the overconfidence and lack of self-awareness of Dennis Reynolds. Scary thought, I know.
* Tics / mannerisms to help GMs portray them consistently: Will happily encourage people in committing crimes (keeps the heat off his back). Also says very threatening and mafia-like things whilst also professing his normality - because he's just a regular guy, obviously.
=== Important Notes ===
* Whatever skinsuit Dr. Nightshade is wearing, he will act exactly the same with exactly the same voice, yet claim to be different people.
* The FBK don't know of Dr. Nightshade [aside from whispers], so they won't have an explanation for a long line of new members with the exact same voice and personality, so the PCs' level of suspicion is up to them.
* The player will provide a new alias each episode Nightshade appears in, as if they were a new FBK member each time. Again, though, it will be the same character in a different skinsuit.
== Social Connections ==
* Family members: Don't worry about it
* Clientele/Characters met:
** Sylvie Monteleone
** The Safiosi Family
** Peanut the Demon: his usual contractor
** Those who know how to get in contact (leave a dead rat pinned to the wall next to one of a handful of sewer entrances, with a time and location for meeting)
** The Architect: Not against her plans to take over the world, but would prefer for her to wait until he's not around anymore. Approves of chaos. [Booty Behind Bars]
** Guide Bot: Fairly neutral. Would have preferred to scoop her out to use as an exo-exosuit, but she's useful as a light source. Not so much as an anchor. [Booty Behind Bars]
** GiGi the Pirate: Likes the guy, but finds it much more entertaining to get him in trouble with the captain. To be fair, they did ruin one of his meatsuits. [Booty Behind Bars]
** Captain Harry Blue: Would happily shove the captain off a very tall cliff. Easy to dominate, but annoying AF. Also ruined his meatsuit Cameron, so there's that too. Will never share treasure with the captain.
** Giosef Arturo Filosopheno: a butler who twelve years ago, Dr. Nightshade didn't kill but imprisoned for three months while Dr. Nightshade impersonated him. Unfortunately, Dr. Nightshade didn't learn that Giosef was Arturo's son, and so acted surprised when he 'found out', but this gave him away as an imposter. Giosef escaped and told the news. This might be why nowadays Dr. Nightshade usually kills the people he impersonates. 
** Sadie Duca (possessed by Anne Jopling): Sadie and the FBK caught Dr. Nightshade when he accidentally let himself get handcuffed while disguised as the butler Giosef, but Dr. Nightshade escaped. Twelve years later, Dr. Nightshade joined the guild, so Sadie wouldn't report him for being the assassin who killed Armando's parents. She instead blames the person who hired him, Bonaventura Halevy. 
** Nasty MacAntyre: Nasty encountered Dr. Nightshade while possessing the body of a policeman, and also met him in his own body during the accusation of Bonaventura Halevy. 
* Social class: Mafia
* Occupation: Hitman (or "Fixer", as some prefer now)
* Combat class: Whatever suits the occasion. He's very skilful.
* Where do they sleep at night?: Sewers (also helps with the commute).
== Background / Personal History ==
* Dr. Nightshade is the professional name of [REDACTED], a lizard hitman from the depths of Niqamui's sewer system. He does jobs here and there for the mafia families in and around Niqamui - unusually, the families don't mind that he works for all of them. Partially because he gets results, partially because they don't want their skin removed if they double-cross him. It's a reasonable worry.
* Since the events of Corpses Don't Honk, Nightshade has been tasked with keeping an eye on the FBK without arousing suspicion, as they've meddled in quite a few of their previous plans before. They've also helped, but the mafia are a distrustful lot.
== Suspected Skinsuits & Adventures ==
* Horatio Harbinger in Corpses Don't Honk
* Reg H. Mann in You Are What You Eat
* Cameron Fodder and Jimmy Potatoes in Booty Behind Bars
* Old Cases New Faces: Dr. Nightshade impersonated Giosef Arturo Filosopheno, a butler, twelve years ago. Dr. Nightshade didn't kill but imprisoned him for three months while Dr. Nightshade impersonated him. Sadie and the FBK caught Dr. Nightshade when he accidentally let himself get handcuffed while disguised as the butler Giosef. Unfortunately, Dr. Nightshade didn't learn that Giosef was Arturo's son, and so acted surprised when he 'found out', but this gave him away as an imposter. Giosef escaped and told the news to a reporter. Dr. Nightshade barely escaped being caught as the killer. This might be why nowadays Dr. Nightshade usually kills the people he impersonates.
* Professor Pimento/Himself in Of All Things. Dies dramatically, triggering The Architect's invasion/apocalypse. Taken down to Hell by Peanut the Demon for eternal partying. 
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