Sylvester Hands

[Sylvester Hands]

"'Ello. My name is Sylvester 'Ands; you know, 'ands, like feet, but at the other end of yer body."

So the insalubrious, disreputable and frankly disgusting Sly has introduced himself to so many, almost never to their liking. Hands is a leading member (apparently) of the Honourable Guild of Thieves and Beggars, though his reputation for incompetence in the service of Lord Fear has led to his guild tasks' becoming few and far between. He is operating in this area in collusion with the now freelance goblin master Skarkill, almost as vile as himself (more so in some respects, if only because Skarkill is, while by no means the brightest bulb on the shelf, somewhat less dim than Hands) in an attempt to restore his reputation among thieves (his reputation among others is beyond help).

Hands's appearance and manner need hardly be described to any Knightmare fan. Suffice it to say that he is ugly, poorly dressed, smelly and, although not cunning or devious enough to be a real bastard, tries as hard as he can: he will rob, kidnap or even attack (preferably at a distance with his beloved, if usually ill-aimed, catapault) without a qualm, as long as he thinks he can get away with it.

He harbours grudges against a number of dungeon-dwellers who have in the past outwitted or humiliated him (not difficult), and that against Stiletta has been intensified by a recent incident in the market.

[ModNote: Link added to the thread in question, which marks Hands' RP debut.]

[Kully]

One word....


Eiw.

;D

[Sylvester Hands]

Update: after the desertion and then demise of Skarkill and in Lissard's absence, Hands was promoted to the exalted rank of Lord Fear's right-hand man, which simply goes to show that you just can't get the staff.

[Sylvester Hands]

It has since emerged that Hands's rope is, in fact, magical, as he has been bragging for years without knowing that it was actually true. He had no cause to discover this as he has only managed to use it on three people (January, Romahna and Marta), all of them helpless at the time (because of the helmet, the "goosie gander" trick and her own feebleness respectively). It is resistant to damage, including the magical, though if there is any way of preventing knotting or unknotting it hasn't been discovered. It may have further magical properties that need activating by incantation or the like, but Hands, unsurprisingly, is ignorant on the subject, though that is a state of affairs which he intends, when he and Lord Fear aren't busy, to do something about. Watch this space (particularly if the Opposition has any reason to want you in captivity).