Margot

Margot is the proprietor of the popular playhouse, the Violet Beacon, in Oldtown.  She also secretly heads the crime organization, the Halfpenny Sphinxes.  Daughter of the former maester, Luwin, funds from her enterprises go toward his pursuit of resurrecting her late mother.

## Appearance and Character

Margot's chestnut brown hair sits atop sharp green eyes, full cheeks, and a crooked grin. She accentuates her curvy build with the finest robes and gowns she can find in the back alleys of Oldtown. While such suitable trappings are suitable for a Madam of a playhouse, they hide an athleticism honed by years of survival on the streets.

Although she is quite young to be the ringleader of a criminal organization, she has spent most of her life in the company of thieves and ruffians, and possesses a great understanding of how to manage her kind.  Inheriting the sharp mind of her father, and the charm of her mother, she has done quite well for herself.  But under the success lies a deep seated fear of losing her carefully built house of cards.  Her father slowly grows more unhinged with each passing day, the streets are getting rowdier, and the High Septon’s highly conservative views continue to gain traction. While certainly hoping her father finds success in his pursuits, she remains skeptical of his research, causing a rift between them.

## History

Born in Oldtown to Maester Luwin of the Citadel, and Leyla, a small time criminal, in 105 AC, Margot received an unusual upbringing.  Primarily living in a flat above a seedy tavern in a bad part of town, she was constantly exposed to the lowlives and grifters of the criminal underworld.  However, her father would visit as often as he could, and loved to regale her with his knowledge of the world.

Tragedy would strike in 117 AC when rioters of the Cobbler’s Rebellion stormed the streets of Oldtown.  Young Margot was forced to hide in the attic while her determined mother waded out into the fray to aid their neighbors.  The hour struck midnight when her sobbing father carried the lifeless body of her mother into the tavern.  Life would never be the same for the pair.

Unable to handle his grief, her father performed poorly in his duties, and when pressed by review, his secret wife and child would be discovered.  Stripped of his chain, and expelled from the Citadel, Luwin moved in permanently with Margot, and treated the wounds of criminals to put food on the table.  For her part, Margot transferred her grief into focusing on building a life for her and her father in the unlawful underworld.  Using the connections she had garnered, she worked her way up through the hierarchy of the Jade Sphinxes.

By age twenty she had collected enough reputation and capitol to open the Violet Beacon, a playhouse resurrected from ruin.  The legitimate business served as a front for the fencing, gambling, and poppy enterprises, that took place backstage for a time, but it was not long before gang warfare decimated the ranks of the Jade Sphinxes.  Fortunately for Margot, her playhouse was located in an honorable part of Oldtown, and spared from the dividing of territory.  Collecting the remnants of her old gang, she founded the Halfpenny Sphinxes, a fledgling organization, to continue the rackets she had carefully constructed.

Margot's success has attracted the attention of a secret organization known only as the Nest. She has earned the ranking of Kite within the underground group, and hopes such membership will aid the growth of her own Halfpenny Sphinxes.

## Recent Events

Margot’s father has gained unexpected funding for his dark research, but has frustratingly kept the new source a secret.  She does know he is prepared to turn his theories of forbidden arts into practice, and is deeply worried of the coming consequences.

## Family

Luwin b. 77 AC

m. Leyla b. 82 AC, d. 117 AC

* Margot b. 105 AC

## Household

Rufus ‘Ruffles’ Flowers, Purple Beacon performer b. 102 AC

Larra the Lovely, Purple Beacon performer b. 112 AC

Domeric of the Honeywine, Purple Beacon bouncer b. 90 AC

Rosey the Ruthless, Halfpenny Sphinxes Lieutenant b. 105 AC

Septon Leo, Halfpenny Sphinxes Accountant b. 80 AC

Meg, Halfpenny Sphinxes recruit b. 118 AC

## Meta

Attribute: Brilliant

Skills: Espionage, Home Turf, Commerce

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Skill Learning

* +1 to STA; Second Moon of 130 AC