Balthazar Palmer

Overview
Full biography found here.

Appearance
Hair: A very dark brown, almost black

Skin: Pale and clammy, like he has some kind of condition

Eyes: Brown

Height: 5'8

Weight: 130lbs

Markings/Noticeable Features: Very drawn in cheeks

Personality
Balthazar is a shrewd man, one of business and little else. He spends much of his time thinking of ways to profit from some kind of encounter, and it often manifests in a general cool and calculating attitude to anyone, even his own family, so long as they had something he could make a profit off of. This leads to him often holding a bitter and unhappy tone with his speech, as well as long pauses filled with predatory looks.

Abilities & Proficiencies
None (?)

History
Being born to a middle class family, Balthazar often found himself the subject of various attempts at being treated as a trophy child by his father, an endeavour which rather insulted his capabilities in his mind. Whether it was being forced to play the piano, or having paintbrushes thrust into his grip in the hopes he could be the next Michelangelo, Balthazar was not short of forced hobbies to match his parents' forced and bitter smiles, or their pressing urge to have a child who was less obsessed with scrounging money from whatever he could.

In his adult years he spent his time trying to gain a significant fund for his ideal business, money lending. What his parents had never seen was what was obvious to him from the start, that people could not manage their own money, whether it be from excessive debts or, like in the case of his parents, daft purchases that were fruitless and expensive. He was soon spotted for talent by a rather irritatingly mellow old man, one who lent money like he could spare it and was rather flippant about getting it back. Balthazar, not one to miss a chance to springboard his own enterprise, soon found himself a collector and lender, accompanying his tutor on many a trip into the slums in order to collect unpaid debts, although often he would use less savoury tactics behind the old man's back.

Upon his business partner's death, Balthazar found himself sitting on top of a fair pile of liquid assets, whether it be priceless family heirlooms sold to pay for a gin habit, or papers detailing the debt and interest rates of certain individuals, he more potential investment than he could actually process in reasonable time. He soon set to work, almost delighted that someone so rich had left the business to him, and immediately set about collecting all overdue funds. One could not be left to idle on top of unearned money after all, and in his eyes all lent money was very much unearned.