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One of the only members of the Malbranche who truly remembers the old management under Aeneas. Older than everyone else in the group by nearly a decade in most cases, he remembers Virgil’s rise to power in the group quite clearly, and he doesn’t like the guy very much. Not that he’d ever say that aloud, since even he’s aware that’s an absolute death wish.

While he wasn’t good friends with Aeneas, since the man was 26 years his senior, he grew to be respected by his successor, Barbariccia. He watched the family shrink rapidly over the years, selling off the casino and becoming distant from their partners over at the Palsgrave. Not too many years ago, it got down to just being the five of them. Sure, those scientists Ciri and Ciam were ‘part of the group’, mentoring Rubic after her father’s death, but he knows they were plants. The sudden resurgence in numbers as of recent isn’t filling him with confidence, all told.

A very small and very angry man, he has to keep from exploding every day for his own safety. Virgil has made it clear that he will not let him leave. Abrasive but canny, he has instead taken Alic and Scarm under his wing, trying to instil in them the suspicion they should feel when it comes to Roslariot’s ‘kindnesses’. He fears it is not working.