Eldric Reeve
“The only man in Harlequin Vale who keeps both feet on the ground—because someone has to.”
Species: Human Gender: Male Pronouns: He/Him
Age: Late 20s
Birthplace: Silverwake Harbor, Canava
Residence: Smirkus Academy North Terrace Dormitory
Faith: Rational Coin Traditionalist (Moderate Tranquilist leanings)
Affiliations: Smirkus Academy, Riggers’ Guild, Guild Senate Auditors’ Circle, Clown Hospital Finance Office, Mayor Solenn Veyra’s Civic Council
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Overview
Eldric Reeve came to Harlequin Vale on a merit scholarship from the Guild Senate’s Rational Coin initiative, expecting a normal accounting degree.
Instead, he found the most unpredictable economy in Canava—a town where applause can unbalance budgets and cannon-smoke counts as taxable export.
Over time he became the unofficial numbers-keeper of the circus republic, juggling books for performers, medics, and inventors alike.
Where others see chaos, Eldric sees ledgers waiting to be reconciled.
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Personality
Earnest, anxious, and meticulous.
Eldric uses humor defensively and paperwork therapeutically.
He believes in order but not rigidity, in kindness but not chaos.
Locals describe him as “a straight line drawn through a spiral.”
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Official & Unofficial Positions
Role Description
Student Accountant – Smirkus Academy Enrolled in the Business & Civic Management program; tutors other students in probability theory and grant accounting.
Adjunct Instructor – Choice Night Seminars Leads optional workshops on “Math for Non-Mathematicians” and “Ethics of Profit in Art.” Pays for his dorm room with teaching credit.
Part-Time Bookkeeper – Riggers’ Guild Hired by Merrit Knot to balance the guild’s rope-and-pulley ledgers; secretly edits them into geometric art to please Serendahl auditors.
Civic Auditor – Mayor Veyra’s Council Reviews budgets for town festivals and Sawdust Court maintenance. Trusted by both Tranquilists and Rational Coin advocates.
Hospital Accountant – Clown Hospital Keeps track of patient subsidies and medical supply chains. Frequently volunteers to translate between doctors and donors.
Research Assistant – Lantern Wing Medical School Collaborates on cost-analysis of prosthetic production; publishes under faculty names to avoid Serendahlian scrutiny.
Personal Finance Advisor – Pip Daffodil & Friends Manages comedians’ irregular income; once filed a tax return listing “laughter” as a commodity.
Cultural Liaison – Guild Senate Acts as the Vale’s token bureaucrat for visiting inspectors, explaining that “yes, this chaos is on purpose.”
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Connections
Judge Carnelia Thist – Mentor; she taught him to weigh justice like a balance sheet.
Solenn Veyra – Employs him as civic auditor; mutual respect and mild exasperation.
Merrit Knot – Employer and drinking companion; debates symmetry vs. efficiency nightly.
Pip Daffodil – Friend; helped legalize the “Laughing Tax.”
Doctor Patch – Odd collaborator; Eldric audits his lab budgets, pretending not to notice the jars.
Madame Orluna – Advisor; guides him through mirror-induced headaches from over-reflection stress.
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Hobbies
Feeding ducks at the Menagerie Docks (names them after accounting terms).
Designing card games that teach budgeting.
Collecting antique abaci and quill sets.
Quietly performing coin-flourish tricks when he thinks no one’s watching.
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Aspirations
Eldric dreams of founding The First Honest Bank of Harlequin Vale—a cooperative credit guild that measures “trust” as an actual line item.
His manifesto draft begins: “Integrity is not a number, but it can be accounted for.”
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Rumors & Hooks
Some say his abacus beads whisper late at night—mirrorstone fragments recording every transaction.
Doctor Patch claims Eldric accidentally balanced a budget so perfectly it created a minor time loop.
He’s rumored to have a crush on the Ringleader Mayor, though he insists it’s just “civic alignment.”
During Glass Range tremors, reflections of him appear still working in empty offices.
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Summary
Eldric Reeve is the hinge between order and absurdity—
the man who files the circus’s taxes, translates faith into numbers, and keeps the Vale from collapsing under its own applause.
He is both the straightest clown and the funniest bureaucrat in Canava.