Hardy woke up one morning. They were a chimp. They were angry. They found their quick little hands were suitable for daggers. They found that shanking came naturally to them. They were less angry. Then they went to work.

(Post Spice Must Flow)

As everyone who meets Hardy can attest, they have a winsome personality, and as a consequence Hardy has managed to earn the trust of the Iron Chef, who has inducted Hardy into the esoteric ways of the Spice Maidens. Hardy now sports a blood-red children's sized chef outfit, and smells vaguely of spices.

(Post Some Kind of a Party)

As a consequence of a perfectly legal security detail, Hardy finds themselves the property of the Wayfinder's Guild, under the watchful eye of Councillor Lazaro. This terrifies Hardy, as the only thing they've seen the Wayfinder's Guild do to monkeys is some sort of creepy autopsy. Hardy spends as much time training in the Spice Dojo as possible, to get away from the Guild and from Lazaro. Here Hardy overcomes their sibling chefs' reticence at letting an 'animal' into the kitchen was the raw power of their reductions, concocting a jus that wins the coveted nod of approval from the Iron Chef herself.

And in stranger news, Lazaro turns out to maybe not to be some kind of horrible monster after all? With the encouragement of two adult mentors who seem to be genuinely concerned about Hardy's development as a person, Hardy starts to feel strangely positive, like they might have great potential after all. Hardy had always figured that they were a failure as a Wayfinder because they couldn't tell the difference between something made of flux and something 'real'…but Lazaro explains that each Wayfinder sees things differently, and each come into their abilities at different speeds.

(Post Here Kitty Kitty Kitty)

Hardy has been training hard under the Iron Chef and Lazaro. In the case of the latter, Hardy has been spending hour after hour in small room at the back of the Acryn Wayfinder's Guild, staring at two perfectly identical apples. One apple is made of flux. One is not. Hardy has to pick which apple is made of flux. But try and try as Hardy might, they are unable to detect which one is which with any degree of accuracy.

In the meantime, Hardy has enthusiastically begun meetings of the 'Ensolled Animal's Suport Groop', which is basically a nice excuse to chat to other ensouled beings and talk about whatever over Guild-sponsored tea and cake. (Hardy makes the cake. It is delicious). Hardy has been learning etiquette at a noble finishing school in preparation for their aspirations to become Guild Ambassador, and so serves the cake on fine ceramics, with florid, delicate, movements. In this arena, Hardy is capable of ignoring their formerly overpowering tendency to violence, even when Lupin eschews the pastry fork in lieu of his claws. Alexander grudgingly approves, but this doesn't stop him from offering a constant stream of pointers, which Hardy takes on board with good grace.

Class: Wayfinder (Harbinger of Consensus)

Backgrounds and Epic Trees

• Dagger
• Very Tough
• Disciple of the Way of Spice

Quirks

• Owned (contact: Wayfinder's Guild Councillor Lazaro)
• Non-human (chimp); Unusually Small (-2 base hits, +1 dodge, gains dodge instead of +hits for tough)

Summary

• 6 hits (3 body hits + 4 armour) [+ 4 armor in flux]
• 2x Triple Through with 2x Dagger (superior), otherwise Double Through
• 6 rolling dodges
• XP spent: 15 (14 + 1)

Skills - Passive - Utility

• Find The Path
• Disciple of the Iron Chef (contact: Iron Chef of the Spice Maidens)
• Wayfinder's Guild - Affiliation (wage)
• [upcoming Wayfinder's Guild - Backing (wage)]

Skills - Passive - Combat

• Inertial Barrier
• Tough Lv.1 (+1 dodge)
• Tough Lv.1 (+1 dodge) [free skill]
• Tough Lv.2 (+1 dodge)
• Light Armor Training
• Light Armor Swiftness lv.2 (+1 dodge)
• Dagger Mastery (+1 dodge)
• Knife Fighter (may call single through with dagger)
• Dagger Mastery v.2 (may call double through with dagger)

Skills - Active

• [Lash Out (2x blind 5 when in flux)]
• Dagger Talent (4x melee rend per encounter)
• [upcoming Condiment Projection - 5 spice form (1x ranged Blind 10 p/e if expend one 9r spice pack)]
• Make History

Income

• 31 Riel (Wealth lv.1 - odd jobs for Councillor Lazaro + Affiliation)
• Cash in hand: 34 riel

Equipment

• Superior Light Armor
• Standard Light Armor
• Superior Dagger x2
• Standard Dagger x2
• Potions: 6x Heal 0
• Several fine monkey-sized noble's outfits, including a butler outfit
• monkey-sized blood red chef's outfit