Salem Pazuzu Helmsman {d6}

Salem Pazuzu Helmsman
District 6
Male
forty-eight

appearance
On first glance, Salem is a somewhat unsettling, shady-looking figure; this gut reaction is entirely accurate. It is when people start paying more attention to Salem that he seemingly looses his edge; his weathered face takes on a sort of stern kindness as opposed to the malevolent being he genuinely is. Tall and broad, Salem's portly figure suggests that he doesn't partake in the pleasure that he sells his dependents, but instead feasts upon the lavish rewards his black market income provides him.

personality
In his people-oriented line of work, Salem does what he can to be a people-pleaser, though he has no trouble growing crueler and harsher as is necessary. When his customers grow more dependent — when he knows they'll be back for more — he allows himself to be as abusive as he'd like; after all, he's far superior to them. He is the one in control and he lets the power get to his head. Some nights, he needs to convince himself that he is not God; some nights, that doesn't work.

history
Being born into wealth ruined Salem from the start; he's always been a self-entitled brat, with inattentive, workaholic parents, both of whom were always willing to throw money at their son if it meant he'd leave them alone. He wasn't good at school, which was d beneath his notice, so he turned instead to drugs to get his fill of entertainment. Though Salem started stealing his friends' stashes and selling it back to them for enormous profit, he derived the most pleasure from watching them squirm from withdrawal. Over the years, he managed to kick his habit because he knew it was a weakness, but he worked his way to the top of a far-reaching drug cartel from District 6, manufacturing chemicals beyond the typical morphling abused there.