Sleuth Home - Detective Peter O'Neil

Director - Fontaine Bleu Investigations

Title:
Old Shoe
Experience:
5175860
Archetype:
Very Tough
Age:
5308 days
Gender:
male
Background:
Reformed Burglar
Sleuth Theme:
Classic Sleuth
Last Login:
Aug-26-2013
Account Status:
Inactive
Subscription Status:
Unsubscribed
 
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Equipment

Ma Jong Set Royal Peacock Debonair Mysterious Gentleman Black Dress Shoes

Completed Missions

  • Packages Delivered: 29
  • Overdue Books Returned: 45
  • Nemeses Captured: 0
  • Secret Plans Revealed: 2
  • Artifacts Unearthed: 0
  • Journal Pages Found: 1
  • Brass Rings Won: 0

Detective Biography

Liam Tiernay sat at a corner table, nursing a pint of stout.

“Peter O’Neil? Yea, I guess I know a thing or two about ‘im. Bright lad. Good at heart. I found ‘im stealing loaves while sweet talking the women. No more than 15 or 16, but even then you could see the toughness in him. And willful, too.”

He threw back the last of his drink as Molly brought forth our round, then waited as she cleared the empties and moved away.

“’A wedge from itself splits the oak tree’ and so it was with the O’Neil family. Jack worked the farm and his son. He taught Peter about tending the land and the herd. Katherine was a kind, generous woman. Having lost her ability to bear, Peter was her whole life. She taught him his lessons and scriptures, right and wrong, charity and integrity. But fearing the O’Neil farm would be his cell, he struck out for the city. There I found him, begging and stealing in the streets, his pride getting the better of him and repentance far from his thoughts.

For a while, we had a good run of it, ‘til Peter’s ambition took him to the city’s more notorious circles. He did well, remaining his own man. But his friends made me uneasy, though their violent natures seldom surfaced.

Then that day she appeared in the store window, a bright silhouette against the darkness of the shop. She looked directly at him with her emerald eyes, pausing a moment to take him in. Completing her work, she flashed him a friendly smile before receding.

T'was the start of his rebirth. Not only was Elaine a vision of beauty, but her wit and intelligence challenged him in exciting new ways. For this moral church-going woman, Peter resolved to end his life of crime. And Elaine knew in that first look between them his goodness and strength. Only such a man could bring fullness to her life. A mere 4 months later found them wed and leaving the steps of St. Agnes to start their dream together.”

Liam took a deep breath, released it slowly, collected his thoughts and resumed the story.

“Seems Peter in his bliss failed on a particularly important obligation. ‘The Ram’ was not only a langer and a blackguard, but a vicious and vengeful dog as well. Peter and Elaine didn’t make it even a block. He and his biffos grabbed them and drug them deep into the alley’s darkness. Peter fought for all he was worth but the blackjack did its job; he fell to the ground in a daze. Before him lay Elaine, her green eyes staring lifelessly back at him as her blood flowed from the gash in her throat.

Beaten and left for dead I found him. His wounds healed, he regained his strength and then one day he was gone. Two weeks later he reappeared. ‘Gather you things,’ he said. ‘After tonight this city twill not be safe for either of us.

Early the next day we left, and n'er looked back.

Peter turned his skills to justice, dedicating his life to honoring the memory of Elaine's love. God willing he may one day forgive himself.”

Politics

Order o Socrates:  Neutral(0)
Arcanum Brthrhd:  Fair(3)
Cosa Nostra:  Good(10)
Eastern Triads:  Fair(3)
Circle of Light:  Fair(5)
Green Hand:  Fair(5)
The Tea Steepers:  Terrible(-165)
Shangri La Tigers:  Great(165)

Contacts

Banker (New York)
Fortune Teller (New York)
Waiter (London)
Librarian (London)
Stage Manager (Shanghai)
Barber (Shanghai)
Barber (Delhi)
Fortune Teller (Delhi)
Barber (Cairo)
Imam (Cairo)
Pianist (Sleuthetania)

Arch Villains

Vladimir "Savage Soul" Xu
Active (London)

Violet "Twelve Toes" Scroggs
Captured

Bandita Dolores Malatesta
Captured

Baron Faramarz Holtzer
Captured

Dorian "the Jackal" Azarola
Captured

Xavier "Babyface" Thorn
Captured

Antonin "Stiletto" Hruby
Captured

Emira Alexandra Wolf
Captured

Sir Xavier Lancaster
Captured

Assassin Faakhir von Schneider
Captured

Sabina "Savage Soul" Panzer
Captured

Madame Diellza Minx
Captured

Morwenna "the Hawk" Adler
Captured

Pavel "Heat Wave" Wolf
Captured

Gorka "the Scorpion" Sherman
Captured

Madame Gwynne Adler
Captured

Soldier Erasmus Suchet
Captured

Prefect Sabina Mahendra
Failed

Acantha "Snake Eyes" Simonides
Failed

Books Collected

The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Agatha Christie

Secret Adversary
Agatha Christie

The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle

A Scandal in Bohemia
Arthur Conan Doyle

The Adventure of the Empty House
Arthur Conan Doyle

The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Edgar Allan Poe

The Mystery of Marie Roget
Edgar Allan Poe

The Art of War
Sun Tzu

The Moonstone
Wilkie Collins