Raphael Sharpe

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The Half-Doctor
Born in Baltimore, MD, in 1870, Raphael was a member of the first class at the Johns Hopkins Medical School - by far the most advanced of its day, it introduced antiseptic surgery and the medical residency. This is precisely what got him Taken by the Nightingale right before he would have graduated. He reemerged in Baltimore a few years ago, caught up on medicine as best he could, and patched together a life as a black market doctor and Autumn Courtier. Recently, he has gotten himself hired by the Mütter Museum as a tour guide and moved to Philly.

Mask: A slim young man, more pretty than handsome if not for his handlebar mustache, with short brown hair worn neatly groomed, clear brown eyes, and very pale skin. He has unusually long, slim fingers with perfectly manicured nails. Usually neatly dressed in a vaguely Victorian/Steampunk style - most often simple slacks and button-down shirt with a brocade vest and a cravat. He often carries an old-timey doctor's bag.

Mien and Mantle: He looks like an old tintype photograph of his Mask, except that his fingers end in scalpel blades; his vibe and look is one part Edward Scissorhands except scalpels, one part Aziraphale - except when the second part is Jack the Ripper, instead. His Mantle appears as dry leaves, blown by a cold wind; if you can hear the wind howl, stay well clear. When using magic, sigils appear in dull gold, fading to gray and then away, like old ink.

Fae Mount: for those that happen to see him, Frank is a chimera made of pieces of who-knows-what creatures, patched together a la Frankenstein's monster. When it masks to show up in mundane world, it looks like a beat up sedan, every panel replaced with one of a different color, and a lot of them rusted; the driver's seat is in decent shape, but the rest of the interior is too damaged to comfortably accommodate passengers.

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Contacts
The Polycule
Mearcstapa You need someone to help you feel safe. Let me protect you.
Lux If you don't fear my darkness, I won't fear your light. Set me ablaze.
Jack Martingale We're connected whether we want to be or no. Please... don't be afraid of me.
Birds of a Feather
Aurelio Menegi There are things you understand that others never will.
Petra Fichette How can you be so cheerful, so Spring, when you're like us?
Guy Dagenham I find you fascinating. And I believe that feeling is mutual.
Without Anesthesia
Anna-Marie Cordray Pray the other vampires kill you before Lux and I can't hold back any longer. God might have mercy. We won't.

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RP Hooks
Black Market Doctor: Don't have insurance? Don't want the authorities to ask how you got those injuries? Drug overdose? Need to change your face - permanently? Raphael can help.

"Disturbingly Informed": Raphael works as a tour guide at the Mütter Museum, only a block or two from Rittenhouse Square. He would like nothing better than to show you all the coolest and creepiest medical history and oddities.

Charm City: Raphael is only recently arrived from Baltimore. If you were in Baltimore the last few years, or 1870-1895, let's talk ties.

The Byronic Ideal: With the languid, too-slender beauty of a fallen angel in an opium den, and an alluring edge of danger, all wrapped up in a neat Victorian package, he lives and breathes this trope. Yes, of course he's queer and kinky, as well as decidedly extra.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Raphael is usually compassionate (aside from his delight in his very Autumn job of imparting disturbing medical history to museum-goers), prone to blushing and even swooning at innuendo, and delicately cautious with his hands . But call on him for surgery or threaten the people he cares about, and he becomes the human embodiment of a scalpel blade: steely, keenly precise, and vicious. Perhaps most alarmingly, he can switch to this mode almost between heartbeats. He's got an uncanny tendency to evoke or echo various characters out of the Victorian Gothic canon, whichever mode he's in.

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Raphael Sharpe

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Overview
Full Name: Raphael Sharpe
Occupation: Museum Tour Guide/Black Market Doctor
Birth: 1870
Nationality: American (Baltimore)
Age: Looks to be 29
Height: 5'9"
Seeming: Wizened
Kith: Leechfinger
Keeper: The Nightingale
Court: Autumn
Court Role: Twilit Page
Motley: none yet
Public Effects: Striking Looks 2 (Byronic Dandy); Autumn Mantle 2; Lethal Mien (bladed fingers); Status Arts and Entertainment 1 (works at Mütter Museum)

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Played By: Ornith