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A detailed portrait painting of a balding man in glasses, adjusting his cravat in a dimly lit study with books and a crossbow.

A detailed portrait painting of a balding man in glasses, adjusting his cravat in a dimly lit study with books and a crossbow.

The Gentleman is a mild mannered, balding man with watery grey eyes and a weak chin. His exquisitely tailored suit and general air of unpretentious refinement do little to disuise his thin frame and respectful, subervient demeanour. The Gentleman is quite simply, the finest valet to ever walk the green earth. A true 'Gentleman's Gentleman' he has published treatsies on topics as diverse as proper hankerchief decorum, a brief history of brandy and 'Etiquette in the modern age' to wide acclaim. His fashion sense is unsurpassed. His manners, impeccable. His devotion to his master unquestioning. His entire being concentrated with startling, razor precision to serve, advise and assist a Gentleman in his business. Though he would never breach propriety by discussing his personal life with his master, those who employ the Gentleman slowly realise there is more to their trusted man-servant than meets the eye. Whilst his table manners are exquisite, there is something too... surgical about the way the thin litte valet slices his meat. The Gentleman seems just as comfortable handling a high calbire hunting crossbow as he does a cravat. His knowledge of duelling sabres and blackpowder weaponry is of course only fitting for a Gentleman's Gentleman but it is soon apparent that there is nothing 'theoretical' about his expertise. Behind the obliging watery eyes there is a cold grey steel seldom glimpsed in a mortal man. Whether grasping a billiard's cue in a gentleman's club, a shaving Mehr sehen