Hale Edwards

Detective Hale Isabelle Edwards is the son of Cullen Edwards, from the Rainy Days campaign run by Arch Gamemaster. He is played by Looweeja.

He is a 37 year old detective, living in Trident City. He is a White Court Vegan Virgin Vampire. He had a wild youth, but has since mellowed out.

While he is 37 down to poor life choices he has wound up looking about 50. He usually wears tattered trench coats and suits, which are picked up second hand and usually trashed soon after. He does also sometimes wear a smoking jacket or dinner jacket on fancy occasions, but it isn't common. The main piece of clothing he wears is a red scarf given to him by his father.

His middle name is in memory of his mother. Despite having a very feminine name, he is quite happy with it, and more than makes up for it with his actions.

## Backstory

Hale know's very little about his mother, Isabelle, who died giving birth to him. He was raised by his father, Cullen Edwards, who is a White Court Vampire, who fed off of fear. Cullen was sure of one thing, He didn't want his son to grow into a Vampire, and made sure Hale was fully aware of his Vampiric Heritage, something extremely rare among Vampires, as they like to leave the whole "You're a Vampire" conversation until after their spawn has gone on a killing spree. Cullen however was a "vegan" and didn't feast on humans.

When Hale was still in his crib Cullen used his powers to remove Hale's ability to feel fear. He hoped this would help Hale feel "true bravery", which would cure Hale from going on as a White Court Vegan Virgin Vampire. At one point, when Hale was 5, his father hid a large rabbit under Hales bed telling him "It's a monster, and you have to face it". Hale did just that and decapitated the oversized hare without hesitation.

Hale would go on to become a private detective, so he could fight crime and corruption. Though things never did seem to work out very well for him, down to his thrill seeking nature.

Hale's career would eventually lead to and unlikely "friendship" with CAB Driver Simon Greene when he stumbled into Simon's taxi while running away from some Vangelio thugs.

They were after Hale because he had hooked up with one of the daughters of the Vangelio Crime Family, despite her being engaged already. She happened to be accompanying Hale that night when Hale was fired at by the Thugs. Upon Hale's request, Simon drove Hale and the Vangelio Booty Call to the hospital. On the trip there, Hale and his lady friend used plenty of alcohol as "pain killers" while they got busy in the back seat of Simon's cab, all the while Hale was bleeding out. At the hospital Hale sent Simon inside to retrieve his friend, Dr Pegg. Dr Pegg performed a minor surgery on Hale in the back of Simon's cab, and Simon dropped both patrons off at Dr Pegg's underground hospital. Later on in life, after maintaining good business relations with Simon, Hale found himself getting Simon to drive himself and his father around often.

## Campaign

Hale started the campaign riding in a cab driven by Simon Greene after a nice father's day meal with his dad, Cullen Edwards. As they drove, a shootout began and Wanderer and Nekozawa dove into the cab through a window. After bullets pinged off of the rear bumper of the cab, they quickly left the scene. On the way back to the Edwards' family farm Simon Greene lost control of the cab and started driving through the underbrush. Thrown by the sudden motions, Nekozawa landed onto his father's lap. Hale played with the cat, until Cullen not knowing Nekozawa was sentient, hastily absorbed some of his fear, just in case he needed to save Hale from any incoming car accident. Nekozawa in retaliation attempted to set fire to Cullen, but Cullen quickly threw Nekozawa out of the cab. After that debacle the Wanderer exited the cab. Hale was left sitting there with his pops.

Hale and Cullen got some things sorted out. When Nekozawa returned in human form, Hale claimed that Nekozawa was his nephew to hide the truth of the supernatural world from Simon, however Simon was unconvinced. Wanderer got into the car too, and Simon drove to Umbri-La, where he dropped off Cullen Edwards at the farm, and Nekozawa and Wanderer also disembarked. Hale paid Simon extra cash up front, and they returned to the city. Hale investigated

The next morning, Simon received a call from Hale's secretary, and he picked up the detective for an early morning meeting in Umbri-La, on the Edwards' Farm. Upon their arrival, Simon was greeted by Nekozawa and Cullen, and was introduced to Nekozawa's wedding entourage. Seeing himself too low class to shake their hands, Simon simply bowed slightly, and tipped his hat. They settled on a group to go into town for wedding preperations, and being loyal to the LeFeure family Simon took the group to the LeFeure tailor shop, where he had the best tailors attend to Nekozawa. Simon, after making arrangements, took Hale to the bar in the basement of the LeFeure tower, and had his usual drink. While Hale bantered with another patron, Simon took a moment to remember Rosalia, a tear coming to his eye as memories washed over him. Before leaving, however, he regained his usual composure. As lunchtime neared, Nekozawa emerged from the tailor shop, the preparations now finished. When asked to recommend a restaurant, Simon took them to the nearby Italian restaurant. He went in through the service entrance and, being on good terms with the staff, ensured a hearty Italian meal. While waiting outside, Simon sat on the hood of his cab smoking a cigarrette. A group of Vangelios approached the parking lot, starting a fight with a LeFeure mobster standing outside. Simon, backing up the LeFeure, joined in the shouting, pulling his gun as the others did. The gunfight broke out, and the LeFeure went down, Simon and the Vangelios exchanging gunfire. Diving behind than into his cab, a grim determination took Simon over. He dove into his cab, and peeled out of the parking stall. His cab slid across the parking lot, tires spinning and spewing smoke, and he locked eyes with Cullen, who was watching from the restaurant staircase. The cab made short work of the gangers, then slid to a stop at the entrance of the establishment. Opening the left door, Simon tipped his hat at Cullen. After the party entered the cab, they peeled away and lost the police thanks to Simon's excellent driving skills. Pulling into Dirty Mike's, Wanderer, Nekozawa, and Hale left the cab and perused the wares.

After many wedding plans were put in place and gifts bought from Dirty Mike's, Hale went of to do some snooping on Mike Summers, and called Mike's home in Berlin. While doing an impression (so that his voice wouldn't be recognized) and Mike mistook him for a close friend Schmidnoff "Shmirnoff" Jefferson and tried to get as much information as possible before Mike's son, Mike Jr. found him out to be a fraud. Hale thought he might need to go to Berlin and found his friend Simon Greene in a bar in Trident City with some of his CAB friends. He asked to go to Berlin and Simon and friends were more than willing to take him. But they began to drink, a lot. Hale and Simon blacked out and woke up in Rosalia's grave (which they had begun to dig up) with one of Simon's friends Joe Jonson sitting atop a nearby grave.