Calder Fox

A young man about your age from the Garden. You grew with him, and the young people in the Garden always split up into two groups -- those who followed Calder, and those in your group. Calder is very good at charming those he wants to use, and discarding the rest. Behind his personable exterior is a rotten heart. It's his great tragedy -- those who follow him do so out of genuine loyalty, but he is unable to do anything but use them for his own selfish interests.

Calder and his gang defeated you during the final phase of the Garden's challenge. Or that's how the judges ruled -- Calder really won by trickery, convincing the judges that you assaulted Lacey. Calder and his gang left the Garden with its full blessing and material support, while you left a couple days later with little more than a handful of bullets, a horse, and a whispered 'good riddance'.

Physical Description
Calder Fox is physically unimposing. In fact, he's a bit on the short side, and slender. He is good-looking, with a mop of slightly curly sandy-blond hair and a winning smile. He usually wears a long coat.

History
You've know Calder Fox your whole life, and have a bit too much insight into his history. Whenever Calder misbehaved he managed to convince the adults that it was someone else's fault. Most of the time, that someone else was you. Calder was forever getting out of trouble with an innocent smile and a sincere-sounding apology. Somehow, he built a reputation for being a 'fine young man', while those who really worked and contributed (you) got little recognition. Even his playmates seemed to love him despite the verbal abuse he would heap on them -- always in private, of course, but you knew.

The only one he never seemed to truly fool, besides you, was his sister, Mariana. You never will understand why she went along with him. Since they were both orphans, maybe she did it simply out of mutual necessity. However, you'll never shake the feeling that she's too smart for that.

Known and Supposed Capabilities
Foremost among Calder's abilities is his uncanny talent for charm, deception, and manipulation. Besides these, he is frightfully intelligent and clever. Thanks to these faculties, he's gotten by with almost no other skills whatsoever. Certainly not physical aptitude, nor any sort of hard work -- he always seemed to worm his way out of that.

Known Associates

 * Mariana Fox, his sister, more intelligent half, and almost-but-not-quite conscience.
 * Shivwaram Singh, his red right hand.
 * Lacey Ford, loyal devotee and far too sweet a girl to be following Calder.
 * Dack Bilekki, body without a brain and Calder's surrogate muscle mass.