Seven Devils Clever, the Nightmare of Nexus

Background:

A daughter of Nexus by bone and by blood, Seven Devil Clever has seen too many people trampled under the city’s thugs and princes. With subtlety and sabotage as her weapons, she is reshaping Nexus with the precision of a master tending a bonsai tree.

She thinks of her machinations as a game of rags and gowns, creating and discarding identities to suit her needs. By the edict of the Council of Entities, trade must always flow; she cannot act quickly or openly without drawing their attention. Instead, she works to undermine her enemies’ holdings and credit, providing openings for criminals who understand their new benefactor and her rules to replace them. Even better is when she can seat her own agent to fill a power vacuum, expanding her influence without damaging the city’s ledgers.

Image: Even when she was just a soot-covered child in the Firewander district, Seven Devil Clever always had a patrician bearing, with long limbs and sharp features. She dresses in fine silk, particularly an indigo gown taken from her first sacred hunt. When her anima burns, it has the shape of a many-tailed fox that mocks foes of its own accord — when she strikes, her anima moves as if batting away a mouse; when she dodges, it dances with a daredevil grin.

Intimacies:
Defining: “First the carrot, then the stick, then the Hunt.”, Nexus (Devotion
Major: “Outsiders are never the answer.”, The Humans She Has Hunted (Duty
Minor: Other Lunars (Annoyance), Firewander (Home).

Secrets: Seven Devil Clever has nurtured an opium addiction for twenty years, and imports potent Wyld-grown poppies (among other exotic and suspicious intoxicants) for her personal use. She grows erratic and sloppy when these shipments are interrupted.

Equipment: Unless a disguise requires it, Seven Devil Clever eschews both weapons and armor. She often wears a copper bangle — a gift from her mother — in almost any form she takes, as a memento of her past and a promise to her city.

Roleplaying Hints: Seven Devil Clever doesn’t tolerate the presence of other Exalts who could upend her plans in Nexus. She tries to expedite their departure by helping to resolve whatever problem has brought them to the city. If they linger, she sabotages their efforts in secret. If that still doesn’t drive them off, she interferes directly, either undermining their projects or ambushing them with gleeful, ruthless cunning.