✦ ARCHIE RENAUX, CIS MAN, HE/HIM ✦ RONAN BOWERS the TWENTY-EIGHT year old has been in Hidehill for FOUR MONTHS and was a FRENEMY to Jade Parker, the missing first murder victim. Whispers on the streets are that the OPERATOR AT THE DRIVE-IN DRUG DEALER lives in HOVE LAKE. He is said to be HEDONISTIC and SHORT-TEMPERED but I guess we’ll find out for ourselves. { . }
scottish. born and raised just outside of glasgow. knows his mom met his dad in hidehill and has half siblings running around somewhere (WANTED CONNECTIONS). spent summers and even a few semesters here as he was shuffled off among family. dual citizenship.
leans into the dirtbag image, has his own back and rarely trusts people, is usually scheming up ways to use the people around him to his own benefit.
hosts a pirate radio station out of the run-down, stilted log cabin that looks ridiculous and tiny amongst the newer built hove lake houses, it was his uncle’s fishing spot. the station is called smuggler fm and plays at random times of day. he calls it ‘the shack’.
a lower rung dealer, not a big-shot by any means but he knows a friend of a friend. one of those people that you’ve probably heard of even if it’s by a stupid nickname they were using at a party years ago.
raised by a single mom and the streets, he lived on a terrible council estate and doesn’t count himself as book smart but street smart.
fleeting male role models growing up were pretty strict, harsh and violent. he’s a bit of a rebel with a chip on his shoulder and has a problem with authority. has been in foster care.
cannot stop partying, it’s the scottish way.
good at tinkering with and fixing many things, likes to take stuff apart and rebuild it.
sent to live with religious family down south in the us when he was sixteen. they paid to have him legally kidnapped and flown to utah where he spent two months in a church wilderness camp for misguided youth before he knocked out two guides and pulled a prison escape across five states.
basically amphibious, he swims religiously every morning and is a fiend for boat racing.
old movie enthusiast which makes his job at the drive-in ideal, also a great spot for a plug to work under the radar. if you get him talking he has many thought-extinct film reels.
mans is a complete slut, i’m sorry in advance.
takes polaroids all the time, it’s probably the thing he spends the most money on. has a photo from almost every person who has bought drugs from him, if they don’t want to be identified they can take a picture of him or any of their things, if they want.
WANTED STUFF
half siblings/family, neighbours, listener of his radio show, clients, hatefuck, fwb, exes, frenemies, good influence, partners in crime, enemies, someone he can corrupt, someone to argue with about movies, drinking buddies, tattoo artist. all plots welcome!
