Giles Winsett

A boisterous salvager and engineer working with the revolutionaries.

## Description

#### **Personality**

Giles is a loud, energetic force of nature with no discernible brakes or steering. He never does anything in halves, or even wholes, preferring to double size, volume, and/or explosion radius whenever possible. Facing scarcity as a child has left him a compulsive thief, although he has largely transitioned to applying his skills for the good of his fellow revolutionaries (unless it's Ollie's supply cabinets). Giles is a happy and genuine person, who cares a lot about the people close to him.

#### **Appearance**

Giles is short and burly, with dark skin and hair and lilac-grey eyes. His grin is blemished by a missing lateral incisor; said tooth has been missing for longer than it was intact. He wears wildly mismatched jewelry, especially rings and his soda tab necklace. Giles's monocle and safety goggles, along with his big, dark jacket and boots, make up his de facto uniform.

## Abilities

Giles is a self-proclaimed engineer and demolitionist. He also seems to be capable of some form of magic, as his faith in his machine's functionality has a very direct link to their ability to work as intended regardless of their actual physical components.

## Relationships

#### **Legacy Byrnes**

Giles and Legacy have been friends for many years. They have a bromance so powerful that it borders on marriage, but neither is interested in the pursuit of a romantic relationship with the other. Instead, Giles considers Legacy the brother he's never wanted, nor needed, but has found and bullies regardless. He does his best to help Leg lighten up, and can be a valuable asset when it comes to keeping Legacy's anger in check.

#### **Ollie**

Giles and Ollie have a strained relationship. While Giles considers Ollie a good friend, and his body an impressive feat of engineering, he is sometimes disregardful of Ollie's personal space and belongings. He genuinely fosters no ill will toward Ollie, but Giles is perhaps too used to the people around him being accommodating of his more maladjusted tics.

## History

Giles Winsett was singlehandedly responsible for the terrorist attack that destroyed the Dacosta Complex. That attack was launched during the 32nd annual Future Prospects Conference, the biggest interdisciplinary scientific conference hosted each year. Designed to attract investors and flaunt progress, the conference attracts millions of the city’s best and brightest, which is why Giles torching the place was especially problematic. During his trial, Winsett insisted that it was the only way he, who was kicked off the team for a mostly-unrelated decent into madness, could guarantee that his work was destroyed. Winsett was tried and sentenced, but ultimately escaped prison and vanished.

## Sessions Present

* Session 17
* Session 23
* Session 25
* Session 26
* Session 27

## Quotes

"Any friend of the calculator is a friend of mine!"

“Fuck. What are some cool last words? Umm. . . shit I dunno. *Veritas numquam perit.* I’ll tell the devil you all say hi.”

## Trivia

* Giles refers to Lyric and Rain almost exclusively as "the lord and lady."
* While he and his ex-wife parted on good terms, Giles is still a bit sore about the circumstances of his divorce a year ago.
* While his farsightedness is a bit frustrating for the engineer, Giles insists that his monocle is the most practical investment he's ever made; the single lens allows him to work on objects up close, while retaining the ability to fire his custom pistol accurately should the need arise.