Edwin Palmer (Novelist)

Weight: 185

Apparent Age: 60

Archetype: Mercenary Adept: Circle Unknown

Preferred Weapon: Cougar Fine Blade

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Bio: When one thinks of the old adage the Butler did it, one couldn’t be further from the truth when it comes to the Novelist; this killer for hire lurks within the back rooms of the rich and famous gaining access to his most privileged of targets. Finding a nitch in an a industry that requires these men to skulk around large manors unnoticed and requires them to remain behind the scenes it is not hard to believe that some within this noble industry would use it as manner of target removal. The Novelist has been using the cover as a domestic employee for many decades and only now has anyone put the pieces of the puzzle together to disclose the danger this man can yield within a very short period of time. Unlike Errol Huntingdon who used this cover to infiltrate the rebels and help maintain a low profile within the New Order, the Novelist has done the opposite and infiltrated those within the New Order to gain personal access to the movers and shakers of the government. With his resume being top notch and his education being off the charts, the Novelist is a man that comes highly qualified and is within high demand for those looking for a butler to add class and distinction to there homes. Thus for the Novelist this allows him to move freely between employers and not arouse any real suspicion when his former employer suddenly has a life threatening condition or is missing some vital document from their office; as many never think to look at the domestic staff.

          Well for the Novelist this man is the real deal and anyone looking to employ a domestic should be quite careful in their selection, seeing that this man has a very impressive resume, but there is no way to verify his background since all of his former employers are resting peacefully within the cemetery. This my readers is not a coincidence as they would perish from either a case of cardiac arrest, stroke or other seemingly normal medical condition that could easily be overlooked by investigators and would normally only call for a partial autopsy if there was one done at all. Leaving the Novelist free to seek further employment else where and continue his reign of terror on those within the New Order. Well for a man skilled in all sorts of toxins from chemically manufactured to those found within nature and also a classically trained chef, and as well trained in the proper service and preparation of wine and cocktails; one can see where the Novelist makes his move and applies the fatal blow. He uses the kitchen as his murder weapon and to alleviate any direct suspicion he uses his ability to remain anonymous and blend to add the fatal ingredients to the targets last meal. Thus if there is an autopsy ordered the cook and other direct kitchen staff would be suspect number one and he can go on being the faithful and loyal servant he pretends to be. The Novelist will normally stick with the family through the funeral and seem to offer a warm shoulder to cry on and a faithful ear to listen to mourning family; though in reality he is helping himself to the valuable items and documents within the home and once he feels that all that can be done is done the Novelist moves on to a new employer and begins the process again.

         This man is highly skilled and has managed to remain anonymous for nearly four decades, though two aspects lead to his sudden reveal and world learning about the assassin known as the Novelist. The first factor comes from the sudden increase in popularity of the Freedom Task Force and Director Jarred Mitchell, and the second comes from the Novelist himself; with his documentation and storytelling that he does within his spare time. The Novelist keeps quite impressive documents and writings of each and every account, and transcribes them into an ongoing story that he has been writing since the Great Tragedy of 2018. Thus the earning of the handle of the Novelist and eventually exposing himself for what he really is and hopefully bringing an end to his reign of terror. It would only be a simple mistake that would bring him down and the Novelist would make that error when he recently ended his employee of Director Jarred Mitchell. According to government records, Director Mitchell would begin to suffer from stomach pains and be rushed to the hospital as he started to bleed internally and cough up blood after enjoying the evenings dinner. Well fate would garner that Director Mitchell would survive the fatal meal and tests would revel that he ingested glass fragments and some rare toxin that should have been more then fatal to the old man. Well the Novelist didn’t take into consideration that Mitchell would have internal cyber filters that would process the toxins out of his system and doctors would be able to remove the glass and using nano technology they managed to secure the internal wounds and thus save their patients life. Well for the Novelist he knew that this would come directly back to him and he would have to make a hasty retreat from Mitchell’s home and employ before the police arrived.

         Normally he would have slipped the toxins and fatal elements into his meal during preparation and thus allow for the cook to take the fall for his crime, but this time the Novelist was on a expedited time frame and he couldn’t wait for the cook to prepare the meal like normal. The Novelist was also personally requested to prepare the evenings meal, do to his classical training. Important guests where coming to dinner and this meant that the Novelist either paused his attack and waited for another day to assassinate Director Mitchell or he struck that day bringing down his current employer and the guests that where in attendance. The Novelist decided that killing multiple birds of a feather would be better than removing just one, he also knew that Director Mitchell was about to embark on some mission that was detrimental to the revolution and time was of the essence. Well for a master assassin that normally plans everything out perfectly, a sudden change in tactics and a decreased time frame would lend itself to mistakes being made. His dish came out as expected, the dining room was in perfect order and the stage was set for his grand finale, but for some unforeseen reason Director Mitchell would survive and be rushed out on a stretcher while the other guests would perish, thus bringing the police and coroners office directly to the home. The Novelist knew he only had a few moments to gather his equipment and pack his room before the flying questions would come from the police detectives, he also knew that being the man that not only served the fatal meal but prepared it he would be brought down to the station for a formal interrogation. The Novelist didn’t want to engage the police head on and he knew if he was brought down to the station he was done for, so the only option was to vacate and cleanse the home of the other servants that could expose him further. The tricky part would be that he already had uniformed officers on scene, and had already been initially questioned; this would be where the Novelist would make the second mistake in his lengthy career and knowing that he was gifted with magical abilities and cyber technology that far surpassed any of the uniformed officers and staff in the home, he would leave the home in a bloody state of affairs as the Novelist would commit mass murder in a very short period of time and leave the home stealing one of the many spare vehicles Mitchell had collected over the years. As the Novelist would escape the crime scene before the detectives and medical examiners could arrive, he would forget a vital piece of information in his haste to escape; the Novelist would leave behind a code cylinder that would contain much of his writings and thus leave the police enough evidence to charge him with multiple murders and label the Novelist as a serial killer thus creating a serious situation for this agent of the Freedom Patriots.

            The Novelist would be on the run from the law and forced to consider a change of careers seeing that with his name and face exposed, he would never again be able to slither into the domestic world again. Though from what I have uncovered the Novelist has managed to find away to continue his passion and keep working as a domestic killer, and through illegal cyber and bio implants he has managed to fool scanners and recreate himself with a new identity; thats why I am writing this article about the Novelist and hoping that the only photograph we have is enough to expose him to his current employer and save their life from a master assassin that will certainly learn from his mistake and not commit the same error again. The skills of the Novelist are mostly unknown though his skills as a butler are well known and this is the problem; his resume, his breeding, his education and his English accent make him very desirable to any would be employer. The Novelist is quite the silver tongued scoundrel and he is a master of stealth and remaining unnoticed even when overly formally dressed in his livery, he doesn’t wear hard soled shoes and can move like a ghost through any home so even when his attire should force this man to stick out like a sore thumb; the Novelist proves once again that servant should remain out of sight and out of mind unless needed.

            This man is a member of the Freedom Patriots and hails originally from Manchester England before immigrating to Boston in 2015, he comes from a long line of butlers and has served many important figures including the Queen of England herself and served as the head butler for Buckingham Palace for many years before travelling to America to seek new employment and to become a duel citizen of both England and America. What employers he had when he first arrived here in the states are unknown, though one can assume that they would end up being connected to the Freedom Patriots or they would be killed during the Great Tragedy of 2018. Something caused this Englishman to side with the Patriots and join the revolution in the most brutal of fashions, killing those in power from within the safety of their own homes and beds. Again besides this most recent slip up, the Novelist has managed to slither through the shadows unnoticed for decades and I fear that even with his error; he will still manage to sulk back into the shadows and be forgotten once again. The Novelist is serious threat and needs to be brought to justice, for the one place we should all feel secure is within our own homes, it’s bad enough that we have to deal with the rebels breaking in and striking our family’s and even murdering targets in their home; now they are using people like the Novelist to be welcomed into our homes with open arms, a weekly pay check and thus sentencing ourselves and our families to death from someone we should be able to trust and come to count on.

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