HARVEY KRUEGER

[attr="class","ws-title"]HISTORY

Born to a poor immigrant family, Harvey and his older sister Keira were raised with simple, but good-natured values. Look out for each other, help others if you can. Where Keira took this motto to heart, Harvey saw it more as a suggestion; though he did try his best to always stick close to his older sister, who tended to stick up for him more times than not. As a human child with bright green hair who was small for his age and had a funny name, Harvey grew up pretty much with a target pinned to his back. It did not help that to many, Harvey was a bit superficially charming and found him off putting. No more so than the single boy who seemingly made it his mission to torment him; a boy his age by the name of Derek Thomas. Derek and his friends spent much of Harvey's young life making him their personal whipping boy, and for whatever reason, he tolerated it far more than he ought to allow. His sister Keira would stand up for him when she was around, though she told him that he would have to make a stand for himself he had any chance of getting them to leave him be.

Though he never did stand up to his childhood bully, Harvey found success and fulfillment as a teenager. Spending less and less time at home when he became frustrated with how poor his parents were, Harvey started hanging around the seedier parts of town; often panhandling and lying to adults for money. Over the course of his time being a daytime street rat, he befriended a couple of actual street rats who he would elect to spend time with instead of going to school. As a 16 year old who thought he was too smart for school, Harvey decided to do the logical thing and drop out. He hasn't really regretted it or missed it much since.

Shortly before his 17th birthday, Mr. and Mrs. Krueger discovered what their son had been doing instead of going to school. Having been ratted out by none other than his sister Keira, Harvey was given a choice- shape up or ship off. Harvey had no intentions of working hard for his money, as his parents had so foolishly believed to be the key to happiness and success. Heinrich chose being a lazy piece of shit over his family and again, hasn't regretted it much. He hasn't spoken to his parents nor his sister since he left the house that night.

Soon after being essentially disowned by his family, Harvey found work working for a low-level fence as essentially a courier/errand boy. While he himself was doing nothing illegal and by most accounts, honest work- he was introduced to a world that certainly was not. His boss was enthused by Harvey's enthusiasm for his line of work and his silver tongue. Within the year, Harvey was helping out in the store that the fence owned as a front for his other business- the very same one which would eventually become known as Krueger's Wares on the south side of Lullin Town. While he may like to pretend that there was some sort of magnificent story of how Harvey came to possess the store, there really is not. Up until the year before last, Harvey worked under the man who regarded himself as Harvey's mentor finally went on to big and better things and chose to sell the shop to Harvey for dirt cheap. He's been there since, and has made a pretty good name for himself as a reliable source of stolen and less than legal goods, as well as information- for a price.

[attr="class","ws-title"]PERSONALITY

Harvey has been and always will be a cheat. He'll do whatever he can to get the best deal possible, and isn't afraid of using manipulative and/or underhanded things to get his way. What makes him a shit human being however, makes him an incredibly successful businessman for someone as young as he is. He may have inherited the storefront he has now, but he has more than earned his keep by bringing in bigger and better customers who have come to rely on him for goods. Harvey is shrewd and calculating, and is incredibly ambitious- all of which will likely catch up with him someday. However, Harvey understands only one thing- cold, hard cash. He doesn't do anything for anyone if he doesn't benefit from it, though he has been known to do depraved things and agree to be the middleman for increasingly shady deals in the past few years.

Despite his unwavering confidence in his professional life, Harvey struggles significantly with the fact that he is indeed, a human among monsters. Over the years, he has become increasingly unnerved and mistrustful of anyone who can't prove themselves to be human. He would ban them from his store, but he finds the beasts to be a good source of revenue; as the majority of his customer base seems to be made up of them. Harvey pledges loyalty to no one but his shop, and would prefer to keep it that way.

[attr="class","ws-title"]ABILITIES

GIFT OF GAB, growing up surrounded by people human and not with supernatural abilities, Harvey has always been good at reading and manipulating people. It's what makes him such a successful businessman and manipulative street rat at such a young age. While he is completely and utterly magicless, one would think that silver tongue of his is something else.

[attr="class","ws-title"]LIKES/DISLIKES

+ sweet, sweet cash
+ getting his way
+ the smell of cigar smoke
+ a strong cup of coffee
+ cats
+ board games

- incompetence
- beasts
- politics
- the color of his hair
- people asking about his physical appearance
- feeling inferior