*1. they must be earned through fair play, no stealing something, no response to if you can take something means yes in this case. if you cheat don't get caught*2.the game only ends when one party concedes and the other agrees to win, other then that there is no way to end the game, not ties either.*3.you can not harm anything that has not harmed you first as , if the game requires bloodshed then it would violate rule oneis fair play.*4. metaphysical things earned can not be taken from the other player with out asking, if they were to lose it it would go back to there previous owner.*5. breaking any of these rules results in involuntary loses of current most prized thing, gained from the game or not.

There once was a mortal thief,scam artist, and urchin. none knew but him why he stayed on the street corner,running the little scams that made him so very little. he knew its came from a higher place, the noble family from far a field, married away to an older woman of a high noble line when he was very young. at first it was welcoming the servants nice and the respectable manor open to exploration, much unlike his closeted upbringing he felt free and was able to explor his passions, for once seeing the perks of nobilty. Then the wench and her sister his parents sold him to began to hurt him in all manner of ways breaking him to a noble mold, smacking him across the face when he wanted to leave the house without the lady of the house, insulting him on his presentation and hobbies he found so dear to his little. but the worse wasthe 'warm closeness' the witch forced him into at such an age. horrible tastes of unripe wine at the dinner table, until a peaceful nights restand grail sensations he resented ever since, public images of affection in front of the wood common folk. the boy had grown cold and what lurked stoic, plotting over games of chess and card, until one night before the 'warm closeness' he presented the sisters with a drink of his family's vintage scotch. withinmoments their bodies paralyzed and voices became whisper. little said of with knife in hand and desire at heart the boy set to work on making the suffer as he did, removing the pieces that tormented him so much, the fingers, the tongues, the Suicide kin other then places he was forced to enter and finally their hearts. They never would have believed the final bet into foreigner that the sisters used as a sign of power, and they would hang him at sunrise for the househorrible justice he had wrote upon them. so he field with only his deck of cards and a bag of money, the only friend he wonwould have for the rest of his life. Eventually after that he played The Great Serpentbegan to learn every game, every scam, every tick, every arcane secret he could find and began to master it, find until he breached the house finding the game and being where he is today. (still playing wip)

He is a very tall man in red and black finery, with small hints of white dotting his person. Wrapped in five chains printed with one rule of the game imprinted on each, each a different metal to represent the houses. he has no crown, he never had a crown, only the knife wound and the veil of chains, he is not a real kin king after all. the thief stole his crown as a thief like him must. 

The Game, Gambling,Insanity,hope,ambition,and purpose.