Asclepius

### Build

Slender and somewhat reedy, definitely looks like he stays inside and reads all day (which he does), probably the only son of Apollo that gets sunburns.

### Scars, Tattoos, Etc.

Freckles, stammers when he's flustered, sun/moon/star tattoo on his inner wrist that itches a bit when summoned

### Realationships

Son of Apollo, nephew to Artemis.

**Asclepius** (*Ἀσκληπιός*) is an Argonaut, apotheosized god of medicine and doctors; son of Apollo and Coronis, nephew of Artemis. He never remembers “awakening” but always appears where he is needed, summoned by suffering and sickness. The harbinger of death or healing. He prefers the latter, when he has a choice, but sometimes there isn’t a choice.

Worst were the plagues: sweat and blood and hastily dug pits. Fine in the morning, gone by the evening. First it took the adults, then a few years later it came for the children like some grim Pied Piper.

He also hated the wars but felt compelled to go anyway. This last one had been the worst: burning lungs, blistering infections, broken bodies in need of mending. He could barely keep up! Always another to save, always another to lose. Thank the gods it was over.

They think him brave to rush in where others fear to go, but he knows what ails them won’t touch him, and he cannot leave them alone when something can be done, even if it just eases their passing. He prefers a cure, of course, when there is one, and thankfully there are more of those now. In the early days it was a lot of trial and error and he kept meticulous notes.

It’s always “a lot.” Some days are better than others.

There are so many more ways for beings to hurt themselves and others now, too many to keep up. The work is never done; there is always another tear, another break, another stitch, another mend. Always something new to learn, even if he’s the “father” of it all. It’s enough to drive a soul mad. His cheer seems out of place considering the work, in fact some consider him to already be mad... but it is this cheer that keeps him sane.

He really does love it, he’s both glad and sad to be needed. His job, his identity, all rolled into one.

Three drops of ichor on the ground are all it takes to call him. He always comes, no questions asked.

He’ll do the work for free, but his favorite form of payment are shortbread cookies.

## Titanomachy

**Asclepius** is a hero, training with **Chiron**. Although he is a lesser-known figure in ancient Greek myth, was renowned as a medical doctor. As the son of **Apollo** and the mentee of Chiron, he became known for his inherited and taught skills in surgery, medicine and healing of all kinds. He was such a formidable healer that he even threatened the gods’ authority over life and death. This resulted in his own demise and eventual apotheoisis.

## Alain de Villiers

### Description

Alain de Villiers is the Court physician.

**Alain de Villiers** is the Court physician.

## Ashton "Ash" Brizer

### Description

Ashton "Ash" Brizer is a doctor about town.

**Ashton "Ash" Brizer** is a doctor about town.

## Non-Player Characters

### Roaring 20s NPCs

* **Tony** is the bodyguard of Ashton Brizer, at Alex Rocher's request.

#### Alice Garnett

   **Alice Garnett** grew up an orphan. She prefers sex work to the poorhouse but sometimes works as the doctor's nurse when he needs an extra set of hands. She's very interested in medicine and the doctor plans to hire her on as support when he opens a real clinic.

#### Anna Doran

   **Anna Doran** grew up in the same village as Ida, where they went to school together. They drifted apart for a bit until they found each other one night in the City. They stick together now, everyone thinks they're sisters. Both are saving money to open their own fancy night club.

#### Bianca (Bee) Salvatici

   **Bianca (Bee) Salvatici** was born in Italy and immigrated to the States. Bee hurt her arm in an accident at the factory she was employed at. Unable to do the manual labor anymore, she turned to sex work to help support her mother and sisters who still work in the same textile mill. Bee likes to paint in her spare time and often helps create the plant illustrations in the doctor's journals.

#### Ida Horne

    **Ida Horne** grew up in the same village as Anna, went to school together. They drifted apart for a bit until they found each other one night in the City. They stick together now, everyone thinks they're sisters. Both are saving money to open their own fancy night club.

#### Ife Oumarou

    **Ife Oumarou** immigrated from Cameroon with her husband and infant son. They lived together in the City for two years and had another child before her husband contracted a fever and died. Ife now lives at the hotel with her two sons Chima and Juma, doing sex work to keep herself afloat.

#### Nora Greer

    **Nora Greer** was born in Ireland, moved to the City with her family, mother died in transit, turned out by her father at 18. One of the best cooks in the hotel, also has a lovely singing voice. She's good at entertaining the children with stories and dreams of becoming a secretary at a fancy office building. For now, she's a sex worker in the hotel where Ash's clinic is.

#### Ruth Davies

    **Ruth Davies** honestly prefers sex work to the poorhouse. She has a son (3 years old, William) and a one-year-old daughter (Rose), both soldier fathers. Ruth is also staunchly against prohibition and frequently provides tips to rum runners about the movement of the police.

#### Évelyne Renaud

    **Évelyne Renaud** started as a high end prostitute entertaining politicians and important figures. Ended up pregnant from one of these said important men and was removed from the house for "not being careful." Now she lives in the hotel with her daughter, 4-year-old Aline.

## Locations

### Roaring 20s Locations

* **Dr. Brizer's Clinic** **Dr. Brizer's Clinic**
	+ Dr. Brizer's clinic is a place of conventional and unconventional healing.1/1

* **The Docks** are where goods and people come in and out of the City. A number of characters work and live here so tread carefully, lest you end up in their territory.

1. ↑ Wikipedia - Asclepius [1]
2. ↑ Theoi - Asclepius [2]