Striking and charismatic, King presents as a dashing Naval officer with an easy confidence that commands attention in any drawing room.
Physical Description
Striking and charismatic, King presents as a dashing Naval officer with an easy confidence that commands attention in any drawing room. Their appearance and manner are carefully cultivated to support the fiction of a wealthy captain on shore leave.
Background
Born in 1777 as Wilhelmina King, daughter of a radical preacher. King leads the Air Loom Gang, a group of radicals seeking to make Britain more egalitarian. They masquerade as a wealthy Royal Navy captain using false service records created under the influence of the Air Loom, a mind-manipulating machine. King planned to use the Air Loom on high society at a soirée to advance the Gang’s revolutionary aims.
Connections
- Location: Brighton / London
- Associates: Mlle Marie Lucile Dumain, Marina Garrick, Mr Gideon Crow, The Middleman
Connections
People
Allied with
- Mlle Marie Lucile Dumain NPC warmCo-conspirator and co-creator of the Air Loom; shares King's radical political aims1 session: The Beginning
Conspired against by
- Mr Rupert Blackwood NPC hostileHarbors suspicions about King's intentions
Courts
- Marina Garrick Player character warmHas genuine romantic feelings for Marina1 session: The Beginning
Deceived
- Lieut John Orville NPC neutralUnder the influence of the Air Loom, Orville created the false service records that support King's cover identity; he has no memory of doing so
Financed by
- Viscount Theodore Renshaw NPC neutralInvested in a shipping company tied to King; overheard unusual conversations
Knows
- Lady Arabella Wentworth NPC hostileVeiled disdain for King's egalitarian views
Rival of
- Sir Percival Ashcroft NPC hostileSecretly envious of King's charisma and influence
Trusted by
- Miss Penelope Dunsmore NPC warmCharmed by King; considers him a visionary
Enemy of
- Lord Cosgrove NPC hostileAttempted to blackmail Captain King; killed by the Air Loom prototype before he could follow through1 session: The Beginning
- Mr Gideon Crow NPC hostileTracked the Air Loom Gang after his release from Bedlam; killed by the Air Loom while investigating1 session: The Beginning
Creatures
Created
- The Middleman Creature neutralThe Middleman was created by the Air LoomGiven rise to by the Air Loom, the mind-manipulating machine built by King and Mlle Dumain