2026-01-25 Airship Daedalus (Deep7)

Name: Alice “Ace” Fitzroy Occupation: Associated Press-affiliated Reporter Race: very Caucasian Age: 28 Height: 5'8” Weight: 140lbs Eyes: green Hair: ruthlessly pinned-back auburn with highly symbolic rebellious strands

Alice grew up in a comfortably middle-class family in Minneapolis. She was destined for the usual track of women in that world: marriage, housewife, mother, quietly desperate alcoholic. Then fortune smiled upon her.

She of course didn't view it as fortune smiling upon her when her family, due to complicated legal shenanigans found itself the inherited owners of a failing agricultural estate. She was put to work trying to keep the estate from sinking the family's fortune, and it was a crash course in rural life and independence she would never forget. Four years later, the estate's fortunes reversed, she engineered its sale, paying down the family-crippling debt and managing to score an additional $250 on top of it for her troubles.

That newfound independence got her a gig in a county newspaper where her writing started to attract notice. It turned out she had a gift for words and colourful language that brought what she was reporting to life. People bought the paper to read what she had to say about the local cattle auction, even if they had nothing to do with cattle.

And that's when Henry blew into her life. A seasoned AP reporter who read her work and convinced her that she really had what it took to be more. Much more. A word with an AP editor and Alice (now “Ace” in a bid for being taken seriously that was more bravado than fact) found herself being sent all over America to report, and found success in the process. When Henry disappeared in Calcutta, she cashed in all the chips she had garnered in the AP to be assigned his beat. There she tracked him down (or, rather, his body) and brought down some very powerful men in the Calcutta Police in the process. That force resents her to this day for it.

Now an international rising star, her fans in Minnesota turned her into an American Midwestern celebrity. She's not an international name yet, but she's well on her way with the Midwest sealed.

By personality Alice is a driven woman who seeks out corruption and vice and mercilessly glares the arc lamps of the press upon it to shrivel it away. The only thing she loves more than dispensing justice upon the wicked with the sharp sword of her pen (or her sharp tongue) is her beloved Minnesota sports teams. (All of them!) The quickest way to her heart is to give her hot news of her beloved teams when she's half way around the world from them.

Luck: 1

PRIMARY STATS AND SKILLS

Agility: 4 (Riding 2, Athletics 1, Pilot (Wheeled: Team) 1, Dance 2) Dexterity: 5 (Craft 1, Repair 2, Firearms 1, Thievery 1) Perception: 6 (Bargain 4, Social 3, Survival 1, Awareness 4) Strength: 3 Intelligence: 6 (Education 3, Cultural Sciences 4, Language (Hindi) 3, Lore 2, Natural Sciences 1, Literary Arts 3) Willpower: 5 (Cool 3, Resist 3) Essence: 1

DERIVED STATS

Initiative: 10 Shrug: 4 Save: 8

LIFELINE

PERSONALITY

Assets: Charisma, Network, Reputation: American Midwest Liabilities: Enemy: Calcutta Police, Fanaticism: Minnesota sportball teams Behaviour Tags: Driven: always get the story!, Pet Peeve: taking down to women

Money: $2450