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Which of our players invited you? Danii
Character Name: Alfie Solomons
Character Canon: Peaky Blinders
Character History:
Alfie is the son of a Russian refugee mother who fled the pogroms of the late 19th century, and a (presumably) English father. Theirs is a powerful crime family, and he's the current head of a Jewish gang in 1920s London. Their primary income comes from illegal bookmaking at horse-racing tracks, but they also make and sell rum illegally to disreputable businesses, and offer protection from other gangs to those who pay them. By his first appearance on the show, his gang is at war with a rival Italian gang, and they're losing - largely because Alfie doesn't trust the police and refuses to pay them off in exchange for their protection, something that the Italian gang leader, Darby Sabini, has no qualms about doing. Things are further strained because of racial tension - Sabini commonly makes anti-Semitic comments about Alfie and his men, and Alfie's own stories about being brutal towards at least one Italian soldier while serving in the first world war likely don't help things, either.
This is the climate that Tommy Shelby, a Birmingham gang leader, steps into. When he and his men stage an attack against Sabini's gang that Alfie takes notice of, Alfie invites Tommy to come over for a talk. Tommy frankly informs Alfie that he needs help if he wants to win his gang war, and offers to ally their two gangs together. Though initially dismissive of the idea - especially since Tommy wants to start paying off members of the police force - Alfie eventually comes around. But despite their alliance, they very much remain two separate and distinct gangs, and Alfie clearly expects his to remain top dog. When Tommy and his men start becoming too autonomous, taking over clubs and making moves without Alfie's prior permission, Alfie and Sabini arrange a secret meeting to discuss the situation. They agree to broker a truce between the Italians and the Jews in order to take down the Birmingham gang; in addition, it's agreed that Alfie's bookmakers will be allowed to operate on the racetracks that Sabini controls.
While pretending to still be on their side, Alfie invites two of the Birmingham gang members - one of them Tommy's older brother, Arthur - over to his warehouse to celebrate a traditional Passover Seder. He tells them the story behind Passover, and announces that it's tradition to sacrifice a goat in representation of killing the Egyptian pharaoh who had enslaved the Jewish people - a man who had, in Alfie's words, "pushed [his] fucking luck". He informs the Birmingham gang members that this year, he's named the sacrificial goat Tommy Shelby - and immediately, the Jewish gang attacks, followed quickly by the Italians bursting in to help. One of the Birmingham members ends up shot to death, while Arthur is framed for his murder and hauled away by Sabini-allied police. However, this alliance ends up being even shorter than Alfie's original alliance with the Birmingham gang: Sabini breaks his promise to allow Alfie's bookies back on the racetracks, and tensions flare up once more. Tommy shows up at Alfie's place again, Alfie arranges the release of Arthur from prison, and after a tense negotiation of terms (and more than a few very serious death threats), they agree to renew their alliance against the Italians.
A couple of years later (there's generally a two-year timeskip between seasons), Tommy taps Alfie for help again, wanting to have him pose as a jeweler to help him gain access to a treasure vault owned by exiled Russian royalty. Alfie agrees, and everything appears to go off without a hitch - though later on he ends up double-crossing Tommy again, selling information that he'd learned during the caper to an enemy group. Said group also takes Tommy's toddler son for ransom, which Alfie hadn’t known would happen - though when Tommy rages at him for "crossing a line", that doesn't stop him from temporarily pretending that he had known, in order to make the point that Tommy shouldn’t get to participate in gang warfare while at the same time expecting him and his to be off-limits. (He admits the truth after a few minutes, though, and Tommy tells him that he’d known from the beginning, because Alfie hadn’t put on a good enough poker face to hide his regret when he’d found out.) His canonpoint will be shortly after this event.
Character Powers/Abilities, if any: N/A; he's a bog-standard human.
Canon Point:
Post season 3! Later in canon his health takes a serious downturn, but at this point he's still in decently good shape; he has sciatica and occasionally carries a cane, but he'd be able to easily move around the station, as well as participate in more physically challenging situations about as well as the average middle-aged man could.
Upon awakening in the colony with the information given here, what do you expect your character's focus to be?
He considers himself brave, but not foolish or reckless, so he wouldn't fuck with any rooms marked with biohazard tape without the proper precautions unless he had no other choice. His overall goal would be to find a way to get the hell home, which means he'd focus on (careful) exploration over homesteading, as well as reaching out to and building contacts among 1) those who have been around longer and might know more, and 2) those who are from sci-fi worlds who might be more familiar with the setting than his 1920s ass. That said, while random troublemaking for the hell of it isn't his style, there's still a decent chance that his criminal history and willingness to be a violent asshole would come into play in some form or another.
What sort of occurrences would be of interest to you and to your character? Beyond simple survival, what would hold your character's interest in the plot?
I love playing this guy in survival settings, because it gives me ample opportunities to dip into his unsavory qualities (racketeering of valuable supplies, willingness to retaliate against people he thinks are detrimental to his goals or the survival of the group, etc.), while also providing plenty of room for him to reach out to, work with, and even help his fellow gamemates. I love things like exploration and resource management, and am really interested in ICly opening up more of the station, as well as seeing what characters can uncover about its history! I also love psychological horror type stuff, so anything that leans in that direction will likely be of interest to me.
What would entirely break your interest in this game? What would make this jump the shark for you?
Honestly, no single thing that I can think of, outside of ridiculous scenarios that I can't imagine ever happening (ex. AC IS SUDDENLY 300 COMMENTS PER MONTH).
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Which of our players invited you? Danii
Character Name: Alfie Solomons
Character Canon: Peaky Blinders
Character History:
Alfie is the son of a Russian refugee mother who fled the pogroms of the late 19th century, and a (presumably) English father. Theirs is a powerful crime family, and he's the current head of a Jewish gang in 1920s London. Their primary income comes from illegal bookmaking at horse-racing tracks, but they also make and sell rum illegally to disreputable businesses, and offer protection from other gangs to those who pay them. By his first appearance on the show, his gang is at war with a rival Italian gang, and they're losing - largely because Alfie doesn't trust the police and refuses to pay them off in exchange for their protection, something that the Italian gang leader, Darby Sabini, has no qualms about doing. Things are further strained because of racial tension - Sabini commonly makes anti-Semitic comments about Alfie and his men, and Alfie's own stories about being brutal towards at least one Italian soldier while serving in the first world war likely don't help things, either.
This is the climate that Tommy Shelby, a Birmingham gang leader, steps into. When he and his men stage an attack against Sabini's gang that Alfie takes notice of, Alfie invites Tommy to come over for a talk. Tommy frankly informs Alfie that he needs help if he wants to win his gang war, and offers to ally their two gangs together. Though initially dismissive of the idea - especially since Tommy wants to start paying off members of the police force - Alfie eventually comes around. But despite their alliance, they very much remain two separate and distinct gangs, and Alfie clearly expects his to remain top dog. When Tommy and his men start becoming too autonomous, taking over clubs and making moves without Alfie's prior permission, Alfie and Sabini arrange a secret meeting to discuss the situation. They agree to broker a truce between the Italians and the Jews in order to take down the Birmingham gang; in addition, it's agreed that Alfie's bookmakers will be allowed to operate on the racetracks that Sabini controls.
While pretending to still be on their side, Alfie invites two of the Birmingham gang members - one of them Tommy's older brother, Arthur - over to his warehouse to celebrate a traditional Passover Seder. He tells them the story behind Passover, and announces that it's tradition to sacrifice a goat in representation of killing the Egyptian pharaoh who had enslaved the Jewish people - a man who had, in Alfie's words, "pushed [his] fucking luck". He informs the Birmingham gang members that this year, he's named the sacrificial goat Tommy Shelby - and immediately, the Jewish gang attacks, followed quickly by the Italians bursting in to help. One of the Birmingham members ends up shot to death, while Arthur is framed for his murder and hauled away by Sabini-allied police. However, this alliance ends up being even shorter than Alfie's original alliance with the Birmingham gang: Sabini breaks his promise to allow Alfie's bookies back on the racetracks, and tensions flare up once more. Tommy shows up at Alfie's place again, Alfie arranges the release of Arthur from prison, and after a tense negotiation of terms (and more than a few very serious death threats), they agree to renew their alliance against the Italians.
A couple of years later (there's generally a two-year timeskip between seasons), Tommy taps Alfie for help again, wanting to have him pose as a jeweler to help him gain access to a treasure vault owned by exiled Russian royalty. Alfie agrees, and everything appears to go off without a hitch - though later on he ends up double-crossing Tommy again, selling information that he'd learned during the caper to an enemy group. Said group also takes Tommy's toddler son for ransom, which Alfie hadn’t known would happen - though when Tommy rages at him for "crossing a line", that doesn't stop him from temporarily pretending that he had known, in order to make the point that Tommy shouldn’t get to participate in gang warfare while at the same time expecting him and his to be off-limits. (He admits the truth after a few minutes, though, and Tommy tells him that he’d known from the beginning, because Alfie hadn’t put on a good enough poker face to hide his regret when he’d found out.) His canonpoint will be shortly after this event.
Character Powers/Abilities, if any: N/A; he's a bog-standard human.
Canon Point:
Post season 3! Later in canon his health takes a serious downturn, but at this point he's still in decently good shape; he has sciatica and occasionally carries a cane, but he'd be able to easily move around the station, as well as participate in more physically challenging situations about as well as the average middle-aged man could.
Upon awakening in the colony with the information given here, what do you expect your character's focus to be?
He considers himself brave, but not foolish or reckless, so he wouldn't fuck with any rooms marked with biohazard tape without the proper precautions unless he had no other choice. His overall goal would be to find a way to get the hell home, which means he'd focus on (careful) exploration over homesteading, as well as reaching out to and building contacts among 1) those who have been around longer and might know more, and 2) those who are from sci-fi worlds who might be more familiar with the setting than his 1920s ass. That said, while random troublemaking for the hell of it isn't his style, there's still a decent chance that his criminal history and willingness to be a violent asshole would come into play in some form or another.
What sort of occurrences would be of interest to you and to your character? Beyond simple survival, what would hold your character's interest in the plot?
I love playing this guy in survival settings, because it gives me ample opportunities to dip into his unsavory qualities (racketeering of valuable supplies, willingness to retaliate against people he thinks are detrimental to his goals or the survival of the group, etc.), while also providing plenty of room for him to reach out to, work with, and even help his fellow gamemates. I love things like exploration and resource management, and am really interested in ICly opening up more of the station, as well as seeing what characters can uncover about its history! I also love psychological horror type stuff, so anything that leans in that direction will likely be of interest to me.
What would entirely break your interest in this game? What would make this jump the shark for you?
Honestly, no single thing that I can think of, outside of ridiculous scenarios that I can't imagine ever happening (ex. AC IS SUDDENLY 300 COMMENTS PER MONTH).
