A contractor is a person that has found a Homunculus, an artificial being created through alchemy, and absorbed it into their body. By doing so they make a contract with the homunculus, providing them with a supernatural power at a cost.
I.E. Being able to transform your fingers into iron blades, at the cost of no longer being able to understand written words.
Contractors are considered worrisome and precious. Maligned as those that seek out and take a Homunculus contract are rarely normal or stable people. However they are coveted and important ships make a habit of hiring at least one Contractor to sail with them, as they make for excellent bodyguards, or can fill other roles based upon their power.
A tactic that a Contractor can use when they are desperate is "Baring their Contract". What this entails is explaining the nature and ability of their power, along with their weakness gained from what they traded. By doing so the Contractor finds that they gain a momentary boost in power (advantage). However one can only "Bare their Contract" to a person once, as when their power and weakness is known the process cannot be done again. This applies to anyone that hears the Baring too.
A "Sovereign" is sometimes nicknamed a "Face" or a "Biter" as they have the face of the current monarch, and people often bite them to check for counterfeits.
The halfpenny is an uncommonly used coin, however it is often used by drinkers to play "Shove Ha'penny", and coveted by children who flock to street stalls and confectioners to buy "Ha'penny thrice" (three small pieces of hard candy that costs a halfpenny in total) and "Ha'penny peel" (a piece of candied citrus peel) among other sweets.
=== Contractors ===
A contractor is a person that has found a Homunculus, an artificial being created through alchemy, and absorbed it into their body. By doing so they make a contract with the homunculus, providing them with a supernatural power at a cost.
I.E. Being able to transform your fingers into iron blades, at the cost of no longer being able to understand written words.
Contractors are considered worrisome and precious. Maligned as those that seek out and take a Homunculus contract are rarely normal or stable people. However they are coveted and important ships make a habit of hiring at least one Contractor to sail with them, as they make for excellent bodyguards, or can fill other roles based upon their power.
A tactic that a Contractor can use when they are desperate is "Baring their Contract". What this entails is explaining the nature and ability of their power, along with their weakness gained from what they traded. By doing so the Contractor finds that they gain a momentary boost in power (advantage). However one can only "Bare their Contract" to a person once, as when their power and weakness is known the process cannot be done again. This applies to anyone that hears the Baring too.
=== Alchemy and Sorcery ===
=== Money ===
- Sovereign: 20 Crowns
- Crown: 12 Pence
- Penny: 2 Halfpennies
- Halfpenny
A "Sovereign" is sometimes nicknamed a "Face" or a "Biter" as they have the face of the current monarch, and people often bite them to check for counterfeits.
The halfpenny is an uncommonly used coin, however it is often used by drinkers to play "Shove Ha'penny", and coveted by children who flock to street stalls and confectioners to buy "Ha'penny thrice" (three small pieces of hard candy that costs a halfpenny in total) and "Ha'penny peel" (a piece of candied citrus peel) among other sweets.