Nicknames: Finny, Fin, the Ant
Character Pitch: Within the Underground many brothels are run. Places of sin and pleasure for the wealthier to enjoy. It was their little scandal; between a prostitute and a customer and where between the sheets promises were made when they were riding high on euphoria. Promises the customer would forget about soon enough once they dressed and paid.
Every prostitute with some common sense would know to ignore these words and not take them to heart. Not Rosalie, young and naive she was she truly believed her patron when he promised her a place next to him in the Sky. Starry eyed and in love she impregnated herself with his child to fasten up the process. However, the young man rejected the idea of the child being his, as a whore bedded many men and there was no way knowing if it was truly his seed that made the fruit. Rosalie was left alone and a child was born. Phineas, he was named with a surname given to signify his mother’s profession. A child of shame.
Phineas grew up to be independent. While he was doted on by his mother’s colleagues the boy was often left to his own devices when the rest had to work. Work that he wasn’t allowed to be near for, as the presence of a child could give their patrons a scare. As such the boy was sent out of the brothel to ‘play’, wherever that could be in the Underground.
Being a young boy with little to nothing to himself and immensely bored he started himself with little ‘pranks’. Giving coal to the blind beggars and claim it to be bread. Warning illegal stokers of the appearance of whichever criminal held purview in that area, or mess up their process by tinkering with the substances. Other times he would lie and convince his way around the black market to get a free good or two, or he would take it for himself without a trial. Sometimes he would even sent lost miners to the ovens, to be dealt with whatever held itself up there. They were all meant innocently, but they were oh, so wicked in their consequences. It gained him a certain notoriety in the Underground and it earned him another name. The Ant he was named, small and pesky with a surprising strength.
Appearance: For a boy in his early teens Phineas managed to grow at a decent rate, making him taller than most kids are in the Underground, but shorter than the average is in the rest of the city. While agile and quick on his feet the boy does have a slight swagger in his step caused by uneven legs.
Without ever seeing a decent amount of sun he is rather ghoulish in complexion, his skin a grayish unhealthy tint and his build scrawny. However, that can’t be seen in the rest of his demeanour. With dark twinkling eyes there is always mischief written over his face with a sparkle of the rapid wit he is so known for. With his messy dark hair he looks like any other young prankster on the Land, but one with a lack of conscience and sympathy.
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