Public Description

Laughing Boy is a Guild scientist who is also acknowledged to be of the blood. He is persona non grata at the Castle, but maintains a residence in Amber City and is a known Trump Artist who has made himself available to those loyal to the Queen for either of his professional skills. He has never been seen without his armor - skin-tight, quite durable and silvery-metallic - and his mask, that of the Laughing Face from the emblem of the theater.

Trump Image

As drawn by Laughing Boy

A matte silver theatrical harlequin-style mask, smiling openly. The eyes and mouth are black. It is set alone on a white background with a red border. (This is in fact the back of any of Laughing Boy's Trumps - his personal Trumps are identical from front to back - with only the front side a functional image, of course.) If the Trump were a standard deck of playing cards, Laughing Boy would be the Joker.

As drawn by someone else

Laughing Boy stands next to an easel in the main studio in his city residence. It is a summer afternoon, and some sunbeams filter in through the windows. One sunbeam glitters and gleams off his right shoulder, as his right hand is raised to his chin. His stance is relaxed and contemplative, and his face is directed towards the canvas. He has a small and rather fine paintbrush in his left hand, and he has paused in midstroke. He is a short and thin man, not even six feet in height.

He is entirely covered in a matte silver metal, with gleaming chrome edges delineating major muscle groups and joints. There are a few points of brightness along these borders, and they are a little blurry - as if moving along these highly polished veins. He does not wear any garments, and his stance reveals that he has no reason to be modest. While his form is male, his pelvis is smooth and unblemished by any feature. Indeed, about the only significant detail of his 'skin' is that it forms into simple silver boots at the feet. But the most haunting feature is his face - or rather, his lack of one. Where most people keep their faces, Laughing Boy is adorned with a simple steel-silver mask, one of a smiling harlequin - similar to that seen on a theater company's emblems. It is almost garish in its precision and immobility. The mouth is permanently open, as are the eyes. The mouth reveals naught but blackness, and the eyes have the faintest flicker of light coming from within - what color, if any, is impossible to determine. The outrageously form-fitting nature of the metal and the scale of Laughing Boy's limbs suggests that the metal is not armor - it is skin, or more.

Miscellaneous Material

Unique Shadow Walkers