Server:Wyrmrest Accord US/Roulette

Roulette Kneebasher
Roulette is a Bilgewater Goblin who engages in gambling, the Fel arts, and underground revolutionary activity. She is part of the The Trade Princess Movement working to undermine (pun intended) the slimy unprofitable Gallywix and install the far more competent Boss Mida in his place.

At the time of the Shattering, she claims to be 29 years old.

"No, 28! Yeah, that's it... wait, do I look 25 to you? ... No?  Meh, fine, 27."

Life Back in Kezan
Roulette comes from a family of loan sharks in Kezan. She's the 7th child out of 13. Loans were a huge yawn compared to winning cash through luck and long sleeves. And thus her gambling habit began... as did her roller coaster rags to riches and back again cyclic lifestyle.

She was a party girl in her teens spending all of her time and family's money in her favorite Casino; The Golden Goggles. Gradually she became a persona non grata amongst the Kneebashers. Those years are a bit of a wild blissful blur to Roulette but being uncerimoniously thrown out on her ass with a bill as long as a Kodo's small intestine is a memory as clear as day. That sobered her up pretty fast, and she had to be quick on her feet to survive in worg eat worg Kezan. Especially with the Kneebasher loan sharks (among others, most of which she can't even keep track of) expecting her to pay back every cent. It was at this point she decided to take a gamble on the Fel arts and take up being a Warlock to better protect herself and her interests.

She became pretty adept at avoiding her debts and Bruisers, and found that games of risk were way more profitable when you're not wasted. She risked big and won big on a regular basis, but would lose or spend it all again nearly as often. But she's ultimately an optimist and a pretty good sprinter as well so she figured it'd all work out.

After Kezan
Karajo's eruption was a bit of a blessing, in a way, though devastating at the same time. Her debts were catching up with her and those Bruisers weren't bluffing. She gave everything she had left to get on Gallywix's boat and escape with her life. She loved Kezan and was broken hearted to see it destroyed. She also loved freedom and being alive so the whole 'you're gonna be slaves, oh crap they're shooting at us we're gonna drown!' thing was also a downer.

Washing up on the Lost Isles was yet another gift from good ol fickle lady luck, and Roulette was more than happy to roll the dice on starting over. Why that Thrall guy thought it was a good idea to leave the jerk who was gonna sellout his whole Cartel in charge was beyond her, but as always she figured she'd make do.

After the Bilgewater Cartel joined the Horde, she spent some time in Silvermoon loving the extravagant wares, fancy clothes, and impressive number of rubes who were unfamiliar with many of the Kezan games of risk. It didn't hurt either that they were more Fel friendly than Orgrimmar. She gets restless however, and travels quite a bit. Both to avoid detection and simply for the sake of wanderlust. Her favorite spots tend to be Bilgewater Harbor, the Slums in Org, and the Speedbarge as she does feel more at home amongst her fellow Goblins. Less of a strain on the neck.

For Her Tallest
While Roulette was running a 3 card monte table in the Goblin Slums she was approached and recruited into the Trade Princess Movement/KIA for her (at the moment) significant funds and known vitrol towards Gallywix. Her ability to dodge debt collectors and Bruisers and willingness to take big risks would be considered a useful talent in an underground movement such as this. She accepted on the spot. Roulette Kneebasher's never slept on a proposition in her life, best to trust your instincts and go for it.

She'd never consider herself a revolutionary or a "big picture" kinda gal before. This was exciting new territory! And even better, she was gaining a bunch of allies who all hated Gallywix and wanted to bring prosperity to their Cartel. She had never considered herself particularly patriotic before either. First time for everything!

Roulette's Minions
Roulette's minions are her bodyguards and shills. And occassionally simply company... for better or for worse. She does her best, however, to keep them out of sight or well disguised, fully aware of the policies the Orcs have against Warlocks. And that Garrosh guy sounds like a real stickler, so better safe than sorry.

She doesn't get along at all with her Imp, Kuppep, and uses him as infrequently as possible. To quote the Lock herself - "Ugh, don’t even get me STARTED on THAT guy. Nasty little weasel… Not calling him out cept if I’m in desperate need of extra fire power. Not in his contract, my ass…" She's similarly uncomfortable with Skreegozin, her Felguard, who she feels just has a nasty attitude and is best left for emergencies.

She's actually quite fond of her Voidwalker Grimnak and affectionately calls him/it "Mistah Grim." It's loyal, doesn't give her any trouble, and is an excellent bodyguard. She's found it to be a terrible actor though and thus a terrible shill. Which is probably for the best, as even all wrapped up and cloaked it doesn't really pass for much more than what it is. Still, Roulette encourages it to try when they're out of sight even if it does look silly in that wig.

She has a complicated relationship with her Succubus, Bronvina, whom she finds to be the most useful shill (carefully garbed, she can pass for an Elf). She's very fond of the demoness, who in return seems to hates Roulette's guts. It's difficult to tell if Roulette is fully aware of this. The Succubus gives her bad advice, tries to get her killed, and in general seems very resentful. Roulette's read that you need to be wary of a Succy's jealousy and that they often fall in love with their masters, but her minion assures her that this is NOT always the case. Bronvina apparently also has a thing for priests.

The Twisting Nether
After a stint in Outland, Roulette has become more and more obsessed with the Nether and how it works. She'd never given much thought to where her demons came from or their physical natures and only considered how they were useful to her. Having been a Destruction oriented Warlock for her whole career she made a sudden switch to Demonology to better study and feed her fascination with the Twisting Nether and the creatures therein. Hopefully even to be able to experience the chaos of the Twisting Nether for herself one day while keeping whatever sanity she's started out with.

Aside from the study of the nature of the Nether and her demons, she's also become enthralled with the Ethereals to the point of being a bit of a creeper when an Ethereal is around and wondering if Nexus-Prince Haramad is single. She never summons Mr. Grim anywhere around an Ethereal just in case. The possibility of their being genderless doesn't seem to bother her.

While in Outland, she's also struck up a few deals and alliances with the Netherwing dragonflight. A pair of young drakes in particular have agreed to help her in her research.

Dugpaku is an Onyx Netherdrake with a dark sardonic temperament. He's not always dependable but he's quite comfortable with Roulette's duplicity and the company of demons. In exchange for his assistance in studying the Nether and taxiing the Goblin around he wants to learn Fel magic, explore Azeroth, and learn more about his heritage. He's not particularly interested in returning to Outland and plans to disguise himself as a bipedal Warlock on Azeroth someday when he's all grown up and able.

Bonpaku is a Cobalt Netherdrake who's aims are more altruistic. He hopes to help his kind find a place in the worlds and forge their own identity beyond Deathwing's abandoned offspring by becoming more worldly and educating himself about their nature and the other dragon flights.

OOC
Walk up RP is always welcome! And if you're interested in the guild, here's a link to our website. :) http://hertallest.guildzilla.com/

Here's a couple of silly drawings of Roulette, if you should be so inclined. :) http://bluegorgon.deviantart.com/art/IMA-HUNTER-Finished-141261475 http://bluegorgon.deviantart.com/gallery/?catpath=scraps#/d30synx