Editing The Foreman (section)

==Chronology==
He took charge of the Smoke Factories and used them to make various good to trade with local Others.<ref name=":0">The Foreman:

Big, brutish, racist, sexist, mean. Also enterprising. Started up the factories, makes a lot of local goods. Clothes & raw materials to trade to some Others. Knotting is making him tougher. Is only cooperating for now, to keep us from getting in his way. Will evict later.- [[Keeping Tabs, Kennet|Keeping tabs, Kennet]]</ref> He also sold arms and armour to people.<ref>“And last, we have the Foreman.  Supplies many of the other Kennet’s goods.  Armors and arms soldiers, holds the factories,” Verona finished. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/12/11 Excerpt] from [[Left in the Dust 16.1]]</ref>

After the [[Kennet Trio|trio]] cursed the [[Family Man]] he moved in to take some of his territory.

He refused the deal with the [[Kennet Others]] to join their council but agreed to work with them against the Family Man.<ref>“And you?” Verona asked the Foreman.  “Deal with us?”<br><br>He shook his head.- [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/12/11 Excerpt] from [[Left in the Dust 16.1]]</ref> A fact that they were happy about because they wanted to replace him later.<ref>Okay.  That was not only expected, but it was halfway to the desired result.  Verona had known this jerkwad wouldn’t follow easily after the other two.  The fact they’d agreed first made him ''less'' likely to follow.<br>[...]<br>There they had it.  The other half of the desired result.  They didn’t want him on board, because that would mean they had a member of the Undercity on their council who they didn’t want sticking around.  A man who made children into slaves to work his factories, a homophobic, racist, misogynistic asswad.<br><br>But if they’d refused or been unfair, that’d be a red flag for the Vice Principal and Witch.  It’d be saying they were only in because they were playing ball, and it would feel like a threat.  Or it would make them buck at the idea of being too easy to work with or too complacent.<br><br>The trick was to let them get their wins, but also let the big guy screw himself over.  His intolerances were a weakness.  Talking to girls, and to a woman and a little girl who were his peers, he wanted to rise above it, somehow.  Show his strength.<br><br>Now, if he continued to refuse to get on board, they could remove and replace him.  But that was a thing for after they dealt with the Family Man.- [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/12/11 Excerpt] from [[Left in the Dust 16.1]]</ref>

The Foreman challenged Verona's claim to her [[demesne]], to resolve the dispute Verona suggested a battle of champions, the Foreman calls on a man named [[Stew Mullen]] and Verona answers with [[Lucy]]. The two of them fight and at one point the Foreman kicks Lucy giving [[Verona]] an excuse to throw a bottle of [[alchemy]] liquid at Stew that makes his flesh more malleable. Next the Foreman tries to shoot Lucy but misses due to a spell card thrown by Verona. After Stew is defeated the Foreman tried to continue fighting but was killed by the [[Family Man]]. His death was partly due to the bad [[karma]] he'd accumulated for continuing to fight after he'd lost.<ref>- [[Left in the Dust 16.9]]</ref>
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