Louis van Ophoven

Appearance
van Ophoven is a round gentleman with a goatee. He has bright magenta skin, mint green hair, a dark purple mouth, burnt orange ears, a bright orange nose, olive green hands, and mauve feet. His mouth, ears, nose, hands, feet, and even his goatee seem to have been stuck into sockets in his body, and some of them do not appear to have been attached in their correct alignment. Even more disturbing is the fact that his eyes are missing completely, leaving only a pair of smooth, artificial-looking sockets. This feature is not only aesthetic; van Ophoven is in fact blind.

Personality
van Ophoven has a form of multiple personalities unique to supernatural beings in which one of his personalities deals with mundane matters and one of his personalities deals with changeling matters. This wouldn't be too destructive a derangement (and might even be helpful in some unusual cases), except that as the Winter King almost everything he does has implications for the Freehold. For that reason his motley tries to make sure he is always accompanied by a changeling, to keep his fae personality on the surface. Very little escapes van Ophoven's scrutiny and analysis. What he cannot accomplish with intelligence or guile, he accomplishes by unnerving any obstacles into submission.

Roles
The Winter Court both loves its King and looks on him as a source of constant aggravation. He is insanely well-connected, and there is little the Winter Court doesn't know as a result. Catching them by surprise is next to impossible. On the other hand, he has a tendency to make deals that seem to make sense only to him. They usually work out in the end, but their unpredictable nature makes the rest of the court nervous.

Relationships
van Ophoven lives with his motley-mate Louise Kaufman, but as far as anyone knows there's nothing romantic between them. The other members of their motley are Clifford Pugh and Patricia Hays.