Cicero
#5 of Bio pages
Although a minor character at this point, I like Cicero and thought he deserved some love.
Name: Cicero Alphonso Blake
Species: Skunk
Fur: Black with a white stripe, as is the usual with skunks. Pattern typical, slightly narrower than average.
Hair: Black, temple length, usually kept feathered in a side part.
Eyes: Blue
Age: Forty-two
Height: Five feet five inches
Weight: One-hundred pounds even.
Special Training: An accomplished pistol duelist. Cicero has been a lifelong servant to nobility, and as such is adept in most social encounters. He is a master of reading into other people's intentions through tone and word choice alone.
Characteristics: Cicero is in peak physical condition for his age due to a constant and rigorous exercise regimen. He is often unnoticed by others due to his size and unassuming nature. He has never lost a duel in his life, and these number into the twenties.
Origin: Cicero was born to a family of socialite servants. His parents had served with various noble houses throughout their lives and had amassed a great deal of skill in manipulating things to their betterment. Cicero, was taught these very skills from a very young age.
By his fifth year, he could both read and write better than the average adult. His speech was considered to be impeccable. These traits were prized by those who wished to employ him as an odd curiosity to impress other bored members of nobility.
His parents spent their off time managing him as an attraction, while teaching him how to manipulate people and gain secrets in order to both better and protect himself.
In his youth, Cicero attended a prestigious university, paid for via blackmail. His parents considered this to be his final test, and allowed him free reign of his life from then on.
A few years later he met a starving wolf squatting on property of his current employer. He took pity on the boy and took care of him as best he could while allowing the interloper's presence to go unreported.
This wolf turned out to be Laporkra, and his only true friend. They continued to work together to mutual benefit for many years until the wolf had amassed a personal wealth and reputation that allowed him to hire Cicero, after terminating his current contract and employer of course.