His life began two years ago, when he woke up in a hospital in South London. He'd been found on the street, unconscious, beaten, his face slashed and fractured. He was dressed in a tailored suit, silk shirt, definitely not off the rack, but his wallet was gone and with no identification, they had no one to contact. They patched him up, put him back together, and then waited for him to wake up. When he finally did, four months later, he didn't recognize the face he saw in the mirror. The eyes, those were familiar; they hadn't changed. But everything else had. In all those months, no one had come looking for him. He didn't match anyone on the missing persons' lists. It seemed he had a second chance, one he intended to take. He recreated himself as Ian St. Cyr. He couldn't go back, so he went forward. He discovered he had an eye for detail, and a talent for drawing faces. Haunted by nightmares, he began turning the images into words, writing it all down, connecting the pieces, and coming up with something quite disturbing that may or may not have been fiction. No one was more surprised than him when Hodder & Stoughton snapped up his manuscript and wanted more. Now rarely seen without either a sketchbook or a laptop, he has come to the City, where you may see him sitting quietly in some out of the way place, keeping mostly to himself. If you feel like he's watching you, you're probably right. Celebrity - Ben Chaplin Images of Ben Chaplin are used without his consent and are only used within the contents of the City RPG. ) |