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GrizzlybeardWait, we're still making characters up, right? Not actual historical figures?
... Because mine's made-up, but based on a couple different people.
"The Liquor Man"...
... Because mine's made-up, but based on a couple different people.
"The Liquor Man"...
Name: James-William "Hard Stuff" McFinnegan; "Jimmy" to his friends, "Hard-Stuff", to his business associates
Age: 29
Description/Appearance:
Jimmy is a slightly smaller man, standing 5'7" in height, and is fairly slim in build. He's perpetually scruffy, sporting an unkempt, aged five-o'clock shadow. His hair is wavy, and messily slicked backward, more to keep it out of his face than to look good. His hair is darker in colour, but his eyes shine bright blue.
His hands are calloused and bony, and well suited for underground boxing. He wears a suit that was very expensive at one time, but is now well-worn and fraying at the seams.
Occupation: Alcohol Smuggler
Affiliation: He's loosely affiliated with (TBD Irish Gang), and cuts them a discount on his product, but trades openly with whoever's willing to pay enough.
Skills:
History:
McFinnegan was born in New York, to two Irish immigrants. He had a sister and two brothers. His father founded a successful ship-construction company out of New York, and he and his siblings worked together in the company. When his father was killed during a mugging, Jimmy became the new head of the company. During prohibition, however, the McFinnegan family found their business dwindling, as highways began replacing ships as the main mode of goods-transport.
Facing poverty, Jimmy convinced his siblings to move to Canada, where prohibition wasn't in effect. Jimmy himself stayed in New York, and used his siblings to establish a liquor smuggling business along the Atlantic coast. It started out small, with his siblings buying whiskey and beer, and sending it to him to resell at a premium. Within a couple years, they had saved up enough to start their own brewery in Newfoundland, and began mass-distributing "Hard-Stuff McFinnegan's Canadian Whiskey" and "McFinnegan Fine Ale" all across the West Coast.
Of course, as his business grew, so did his reputation. Soon enough, McFinnegan found himself paying off several police stations, and buying protection from various regional gangs. He soon found it more cost-effective to turn himself into a middle-man, selling only to established gangs, who would then deal with police and other competition for him.
In no time at all, Jimmy "Hard-Stuff" McFinnegan found himself tied up with (TBD Irish Gang) and (TBD non-Irish Gang)
Age: 29
Description/Appearance:
Jimmy is a slightly smaller man, standing 5'7" in height, and is fairly slim in build. He's perpetually scruffy, sporting an unkempt, aged five-o'clock shadow. His hair is wavy, and messily slicked backward, more to keep it out of his face than to look good. His hair is darker in colour, but his eyes shine bright blue.
His hands are calloused and bony, and well suited for underground boxing. He wears a suit that was very expensive at one time, but is now well-worn and fraying at the seams.
Occupation: Alcohol Smuggler
Affiliation: He's loosely affiliated with (TBD Irish Gang), and cuts them a discount on his product, but trades openly with whoever's willing to pay enough.
Skills:
- - Lockpicking
- Fluent in both English and Irish Gaelic
- Swimming
- Sailing
- Knife-Fighting
- Boxing
History:
McFinnegan was born in New York, to two Irish immigrants. He had a sister and two brothers. His father founded a successful ship-construction company out of New York, and he and his siblings worked together in the company. When his father was killed during a mugging, Jimmy became the new head of the company. During prohibition, however, the McFinnegan family found their business dwindling, as highways began replacing ships as the main mode of goods-transport.
Facing poverty, Jimmy convinced his siblings to move to Canada, where prohibition wasn't in effect. Jimmy himself stayed in New York, and used his siblings to establish a liquor smuggling business along the Atlantic coast. It started out small, with his siblings buying whiskey and beer, and sending it to him to resell at a premium. Within a couple years, they had saved up enough to start their own brewery in Newfoundland, and began mass-distributing "Hard-Stuff McFinnegan's Canadian Whiskey" and "McFinnegan Fine Ale" all across the West Coast.
Of course, as his business grew, so did his reputation. Soon enough, McFinnegan found himself paying off several police stations, and buying protection from various regional gangs. He soon found it more cost-effective to turn himself into a middle-man, selling only to established gangs, who would then deal with police and other competition for him.
In no time at all, Jimmy "Hard-Stuff" McFinnegan found himself tied up with (TBD Irish Gang) and (TBD non-Irish Gang)
