Working Folk
Finn Oates
"Whip", Cab Driver
Finn learned the streets as a stable boy and now drives tradesmen, clerks, families and sometimes wealthy passengers between London districts. A passenger demands a dangerous night route through the Fallows of the city outskirts, offering more money than Finn has seen in a month.
Finn learned the streets as a stable boy and now drives tradesmen, clerks, families and sometimes wealthy passengers between London districts. He knows permitted approaches to the Great Lift and avoids routes where the horses cannot safely turn. He supplements fares by carrying discreet messages but has never agreed to transport a bound or unconscious person.
Finn is talkative, quick to spot a shortcut, protective of his horses and suspicious of armed passengers. A passenger demands a dangerous night route through the Fallows of the city outskirts, offering more money than Finn has seen in a month.
Finn can identify the house where a mysterious passenger alighted, using a distinctive carriage gate and bell pattern.
Connections: Lucian Merrow (occasional client), Maggie Dunn (night routes), Alistair Wren (hotel fares).
In person
22. Thin-faced, windburned, golden-brown hair under a narrow brim hat, vivid blue eyes, chipped front tooth and strong wrists; left eyebrow often raised in amusement.
