The man who won back everything in a single night, and never played for money again.
| Name | Frank Delaney |
|---|---|
| Origin | United States |
| Style | Merchant |
| Style bonus | Front income and laundering capacity +4%. |
| Ultimate | Coin Toss Flip a coin (50% chance each). Heads: {dmg} damage to every enemy. Tails: your squad heals {heal} of max HP. |
| Status | In game |
Frank Delaney learned cards on a river boat that carried more rumor than cargo. At twenty-six he lost everything: the boat share, the suit, the name he had been using. At dawn he walked into a back room with nothing and, by the next dawn, walked out with all of it. Those who were there still argue about how. Frank says it was simple: he stopped playing the cards and started playing the people holding them. He has one rule he repeats to every newcomer: never bet what you cannot say aloud. Years later Ambrogio Sarti sat across from him and lost the only hand the Old Man ever lost on purpose, because Frank needed a stake and would never have taken a gift. Frank understood, folded his cards and said nothing. His Letter reached him mid-game. He finished the hand first. The Gambler's trick is not luck. It is knowing exactly how much of the table is chance, and being brave about the rest.
“Heads, they fall. Tails, we rise.”