Jacob

Player: Phil. Chapters played: 1 (London), 2 (Lyon, through Orphans’ Hospital Raid). Replacement character: Commissaire Jules Delaroche.

Jacob was Ravenwood House’s coachman — a weathered, solid man of 38 who said little and listened well. Loyal to the Order of St. Aelfric though not a formal member. A former soldier who had seen unspeakable things in Ireland during the Rebellion. He carried a locket with a woman’s portrait and never spoke of her.

Weathered and solid, with broad shoulders and a lined brow. Wore a heavy coat and fingerless gloves. Kept his hat low and eyes scanning. A burn scar marked his left hand from an old carriage fire.

HP: 13 | MP: 12 | SAN: 60 | Luck: 45 | DB: +1D4

Combat Skills: Fighting (Brawl) 60%, Firearms (Handgun) 65%, Melee (Improvised) 50%, Dodge 35%

Practical Skills: Drive (Carriage) 75%, Ride 65%, Listen 55%, Spot Hidden 50%, Stealth 45%, First Aid 30%, Intimidate 40%

Weapons: Coachman’s Pistol (1D10, single shot, concealed under coat), Horsewhip/Club (1D8 + DB), Fist (1D3 + DB)

• Chapter 1 (London): Joined the party as the Ravenwood House coachman — driver, watchman, and muscle for the investigators.
• Chapter 2 (Lyon) — Orphans’ Hospital Raid (Death): The party found Dr. Carreau performing surgery on a child in the hospital basement. Emma shot Carreau. Jacob stabbed Carreau with a sword, pinning him to the ground. Marina, triggered into temporary insanity by the basement’s horrors, saw her brother where Carreau lay — and she shot Jacob dead. Two PCs were killed in the same building within minutes: Augustus Bolt upstairs (killed by Jacob’s critically failed First Aid) and Jacob in the basement (killed by Marina’s insanity). See Orphans Hospital Raid.

Jacob was the campaign’s working-class anchor — a servant among gentlefolk, competent and loyal but without the social armor of wealth or title. His death was uniquely cruel: he killed Carreau to protect the child, and his reward was a bullet from a friend who could no longer tell friend from foe. The double irony — that Jacob had just accidentally killed Augustus Bolt with a botched First Aid check upstairs — made the Orphans’ Hospital the campaign’s darkest hour, a cascade of good intentions producing catastrophic results.

• Player: Phil (Phil’s first character; followed by Commissaire Jules Delaroche, then Varrio Harrowmont)
• Employer: Lord Percival Harcourt (through Ravenwood House)
• Killed: Doctor Emile Carreau (at the Orphans Hospital Raid)
• Accidentally killed: Augustus Bolt (critically failed First Aid at the Orphans Hospital Raid)
• Killed by: Marina Garrick (temporary insanity at the Orphans Hospital Raid)