Aloysius Pierce

Perfectly proper, as all things should be.

> "Forgive me, mistress, it seems I missed a speck of dust. I'll have to straighten this entire hall once more before guests arrive. Pardon my tardiness, I've prepared the menu and paired the wines according to our guest's tastes. You'll find an appropriate garment one step above the rest laid out for you in your chambers. Allow me to select a fragrance for the evening, might I recommend Roja Haute Exclusive?"
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> - Aloysius setting things in order for a casual get together that his mistress was having with friends
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## Description

Aloysius is a young man with a regal build. Thin, narrow, and always dressed to the nines, he fits in easily at any gathering of nobility despite being the son of servants. His outfits are truly world class, though he isn't one to brag. His ice blue eyes sparkle in any light that catches them. His hair is styled to look like something wild that was tamed. He brings with him at all times, stowed away within his jacket, the tools of his trade so that he will be capable of meeting the needs of his master or mistress at a moment's notice.

## Personality

The dignified, professional manner he carries himself may be a mask, but it is one he never takes off. He firmly believes himself capable of delivering top notch service under any circumstances, and he demands such excellence from himself without question. He took his parents' failure to heart, promising to do better than they did in the noble task of serving the nobility's every whim like only the perfect butler can. To that end, he spends his free time studying the latest trends in fashion, the newest gourmet menu items, decorating fads, and the like. Anyone he works for will get a dynamo of dedication and hard work at their unremitting service.

## History

Aloysius was born to lifetime household servants, Reginald and Maria. At the time of his conception, the two were working for rival noble families, and their relationship was the subject of much gossip in the servants' quarters of both estates. He was formed in a forbidden passion, one that cost both of them their jobs and their reputation. They found work together in a lesser house, but Aloysius would forever be haunted with the disgrace to his family name that they perpetrated in a rose garden.

He grew up with the servant's lifestyle, learning how to properly polish mahogany furniture and the many ways to knot a necktie. He took to it like a fish to water, enthusiastically volunteering around the household in order to best help serve their master. It wasn't until he was already a teenager that he learned about the way he came about, and how the Pierce family was not welcome at certain upper class gatherings because of it. He had two younger siblings that came about after his parents had already wed in a socially acceptable manner. He hated the thought of either of them having to deal with having him as their older brother, believing the stigma he was born from still followed him. He decided it would be in his their best interest for him to disappear.

Being a butler was the only life he had ever known, it was all he was accustomed to. Leaving the mansions behind and heading out into the city of Oppara to find his own place in the world was a huge ordeal for him. He found himself drawn towards the Kitharodian Academy, a legendary bardic college in Taldor well known for hosting the finest class theatrical productions in the nation. While he might not have been able to perform his butlery duties there, he could at least still mingle with the upper crust. Much like with the skills needed to maintain a household, Aloysius dove in head first to the musical training, find himself gifted in the art of delivering powerful speeches. He gathered so much of a reputation as a frighteningly hard working individual possessed of sound mind and quick thinking abilities that he garnered the attention of the Lion Blades.

The Lion Blades used the academy as a recruiting ground, which made it nigh inevitable that he would run into them given his proclivity for creative and incessant problem solving. He accepted the offer of their training to become a secret agent of the Grand Prince Stavian III himself, starting lessons in the shadow school beneath the academy. There he learned many useful abilities, like how to treat the common butlery tools he possessed as dangerous weapons, or how to use darkness as his ally. Once more, Aloysius' hard work and talented mind made him a quick study in their classes. However, the more time he spent developing his skills as a secret agent, the more he saw that it would take him away from his duties as a butler. How could he hope to balance time between assassinating the foes of the crown and tidying a mansion?

He fled the country, his knowledge of the shadow school's location and staff members would be a sore point upon the willful termination of his contract with the Lion Blades. Absalom seemed like the perfect place to visit. It had nobles from all over the world that could certainly use his services to their fullest potential. There were so many luxurious delicacies he could learn about to further expand his horizons. It was also very large, so the agents of the Lion Blades would struggle to find him as long as he was wise in his decision making. He arrived in Absalom fully dressed, immediately heading to only the finest of upper class establishments where he belonged.

## Relationships

Looking for suitable people to form contracts with.