• HayesWebster

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• Background

• Significant Skills

• Posessions

• Relationships

Hayes is SimonBooth's PC. You can read about his exploits in HayesJournal.

Characteristics

• Score		Comment		Derived scores
  Strength	13			Sanity	52 / 55
  Dexterity	14			Magic Points	11 / 11
  Constitution	14			Hit Points	11 / 11
  Size	8	Hayes is short, and thin with it		Idea	75
  Appearance	11	Aging slightly, but his facial hair is a sight to behold		Know	45
  Education	9	Paid no attention in school		Luck	55
  Intelligence	15
  Power	11

Background

• Born 30th March 1880

  Hayes is the black sheep of a wealthy, upstanding Boston family. The family's money comes from Silver; his great-grandfather founded the SilverFactory. It is probable that the phrase "born with a silver spoon in his mouth" really really annoys him. In 1910, acting on the advice of MaximillianBrett, Hayes took a job as the barman at TheUnitySociety, while gradually building up an imports business and gaining connections on both sides of the law.

  When prohibition started in 1919, the activities of his imports business became too hard to explain away, so he created the identity of JonathanGray, and sold the business to him. As a cover, he stayed on as the steward of the tea room, serving FruitTeas.

  While he was capable of getting the alcohol himself, he made a point of paying his money to TheMob like a good boy - and has been known to help them out when their sources fail. Alessi has been heard to call Hayes his "best customer - except for that nice man JonathanGray". Hayes has managed to stay on the mob's good side, with the exception of JuniorAlessi, who sent him a biblical death threat during TheAngelOfDeath.

  During ThinkOfTheChildren, Hayes was unfortunate enough to witness a nightgaunt bursting out of a cellar. Ever since, he prefers to stay indoors, and views open skies with suspicion.

  During AndTheRockCriedOut, Hayes received a death threat from corrupt policemen, this time in the form of the "death" of Jonathan Gray. Taking this as a sign that the police were no longer friendly to his exploits, Hayes sold the business to JimmyBartlett and began a life of leisure on the back of a life insurance policy he took out on Gray. He applied for and quickly received membership of the society; a cruel person might say this is because his customers were his only friends. He invested heavily in the Websters' silver business, restoring his reputation within the family - at least, those parts with short memories or thin pocket-books. When the stock markets crashed, the value of silver stayed high; and though Hayes lost heavily in his higher-risk investments he still had plenty left. His 50th birthday party was held at the club, with his private stocks of legal, pre-prohibition alcohol, and is a night that few remember. Hayes is a liar, a cheat, a coward and a hypocrite - but in times of crisis he tends to forget all that and do the decent thing despite himself. Hayes has never married - any woman who would accept him once they find out who he is, isn't good enough for him.

  Hayes always - always - wears gloves. He keeps a small block of clay on him, wrapped in waxed paper.

Significant Skills

• (i.e. any with variable default or with non-starting level)

  Accounting	20	Bargain		50	Biology		5
  Chemistry	5	Conceal		90 / 80	Credit Rating		35
  Disguise	20	Dodge		28	Fast Talk		90
  Hide	20	Locksmith		46 / 25	Persuade		39 / 30
  Pharmacy	16	Psychology		10	Sneak		20
  Spot Hidden	26 / 25	Mob Lore		6	Library Use		35 / 25
  Firearms	Handgun	23 / 20	Languages		English	45
  	Shotgun	33 / 30			Italian	10

Posessions

• He owns two small, easily concealable handguns; one he keeps in a book in the Tea Room, the other in the glove compartment of his car. He also keeps a shotgun strapped under the desk in the Tea Room.

  He keeps a two-bedroom house on Arnold Way (number 463), one far too nice for a barman to afford; and he drives a very nice sedan. Since CohenUnderground, he tends to keep a length of rope and a carbide lamp in the trunk of his car.

  In AndTheRockCriedOut, it was revealed that Hayes has access to a case of 12 grenades. It wasn't revealed to any of the other characters, though.

Relationships (with TheCharacters)

• EricColigny	Hayes takes advantage of their friendship, but it means more to him than he realises.
  JackProctor	Hayes knows better than to call him Jackie. Sometimes it's nice to go where someone knows your name...
  LisaDaVinci	Lisa is important to Toni, so she's important to Hayes. She reminds him too much of his own family for him to like her on her own merits. Seeing Lisa with Toni makes Hayes question whether he could have found a woman who'd have accepted him.
  EthanLocke	A man of expensive tastes - excellent.
  RobertJohnson	He drinks. Good for him.
  JuliusErlich	He pays well that equipment, and he doesn't ask where it came from.
  AlsoudHassam	Of late, Alsoud's been shaping up into not only a good customer, but a possible business partner for Mr. Gray; one with whom he might move into the vacuum left by Clement Greer's disappearance. Hayes wonders what they drink in Egypt, and whether the boys in Boston could get it.
  RebeccaSwarovski	Rich, and a drinker. Excellent.
  BenitoTorelli	Hayes trusts Torelli's judgement, though not necessarily his character.
  DavidSchreiber	Introduced himself by asking for rum, which is a good start. Looks like he has plenty of money to splash around, too.