Rose Spencer

Name:  Rose Spencer, aka the Queen of Spades

Character Concept:  Lady Gambler

Age:  Rose is cagey about this, if pressed she'll say 28.

Race: Human, English-American.

Description: Rose is a dark haired woman with classic features... piercing dark eyes, soft lips, and a gentle symmetry.  She is always well dressed and exceptionally groomed.  Despite an average height, Rose carries herself as if she was tall... and most people end up buying it.  It also helps that she has a strong stride.

Personality:  Rose is very charming on the outside, offering all the expected mannerisms along with an unflappable demeanor.  However on the inside, she is ruthless and calculating.  Rose has no hesitation in using whatever advantages she can, given the inequality she has previously battled.  She is not unkind, but believes that charity should come from a position of strength... or carry some other advantage.  Likewise her sense of anger tends to follow a 'revenge is a dish best served cold' approach.  Within the deep recesses of her soul, there is frustration at not having lived up to her (lofty) dreams.

History;
Rose was born in the American colonies of 1760 to an English Landowner and a 'local' lady.  She had several brothers, some from previous marriages.  This allowed her a degree of freedom... with the trade off being less attention from her father.  Gambling was her secret vice and she learned a lot from watching others.  Rose's independence was reigned in during her adolescence, but having a taste for self determination simply made her 'game' the system instead.  She married young but thanks to the War of Independence, Rose went through three husbands during that strife.  Naturally people regarded her with a black widow status... and Rose gave up trying to fight it.  Instead she used it to lend her power, adopting the gambling moniker Queen of Spades.  Nobody quite knew the amount of mischief she got up to during the war, but Rose emerged with a bit of wealth and several investments (patents, bonds, etc).  For a time she was eying her own riverboat casino.  And then she met a Wanderer.

Notable strengths:  Exceptional gambling skills, her looks & style, handy with a rifle.

Weaknesses:  A sinister reputation, the 'Glass ceiling' of her time period.

Fears:  Large dogs & slipping into Irrelevance.

Desires:  To make her mark on history (an invention/business/or work of art)... and perhaps a 'position' of importance for her twilight years.

Sexual preferences:  Heterosexual (mostly).