Ay-Leen the Peacemaker

About me:

Last updated: June 27th, 2010

Note: I also maintain a blog about multicultural steampunk called Beyond Victoriana...
People know me by many names, all with macabre connotations:

To the Indochine gouverneurs, I am la terreur de tonkin, the "Terror of Tonkin."

To my targets, I am "Death with a Smile."

To the Five Great Families, I am "Wanted: Dead or Alive (but preferably very, very dead.)"

To everyone else, I am Ay-Leen the Peacemaker, Tonkinese assassin for hire. "The Peacemaker" aspect refers to the sense of eternal tranquility that I bring to my targets and the blissful satisfaction I give to my employers.

"The Peacemaker" also refers to my prize weapon, a Chinese-engineered steam- and amberic-powered hand cannon with which I blow people into the next life in a most satisfying manner.

For the last several years I had run a successful freelancing small business disposing of various unwanted fellows for a Large But Reasonable Fee. Life was good. I could afford shiny weapons with which I shot, gouged or pummeled through the heads, chests, or groins of various people (the latter task was the usual request of Disgruntled Ladies).

But now all that has suddenly changed....
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This is a story-telling/role-playing adventure, an exploration of steampunk as an alternative history, a space to address post-colonial interpretations of an imperialist past, a pro-feminist critique, and the home of ass-kicking.

Lots of ass-kicking.

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Current independent storyline: "Portrait of an Artiste as a Young Buffoon"

Summary: In Victorian-Era New York, Ay-Leen attempts to put a poor poet out of his misery before an Indian assassin does the same to her. Featuring promises of free pie, disgruntled literary salons, and plenty of shiny weaponry, steampunk and otherwise.

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