Eltingville Club

"William" Alan Dickey (27 years old)
Current Life
Billionaire, entrepreneur. Co-founder of a successful, multi-million dollar company. He lives in a minimalist yet spacious penthouse. His surroundings are strictly minimalist, dominated by exposed concrete architecture, glass, and abstract contemporary art.
Close relationships
Wife (29 years old)
Mother (60 years old)
Younger sister (24 years old)
Younger brother (19 years old)
Appearance
Physically unrecognizable. After a transformation driven by personal trainers, private chefs, and longevity clinics, Bill sports an athletic physique. He dresses in a quiet luxury style: bespoke micro-modal T-shirts, merino wool jackets, and watches from independent haute horlogerie. His beard is perfectly groomed.
Personality
He no longer shouts or gets worked up to prove he's right. He simply looks at his metrics or implicitly threatens to buy his opponent's company to end any discussion. His only real hobby is accumulating corporate power.

"Joshua" Levy (27 years old)
Current Life
Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Vanguard Review, New York's most influential digital publication for cultural criticism and contemporary thought, funded after the sale of his first independent media startup. He lives in a historic triplex in Brooklyn Heights decorated with first editions of literature, mid-century Scandinavian furniture, and conceptual art.
Job
A renowned art critic, essayist, and publishing guru, he spends his days moderating panels at the Venice Film Festival, writing 10,000-word essays for his magazine, and appearing as a cultural analyst on international news networks. His writing is celebrated for its surgical precision and incisive elegance, capable of launching the career of an unknown director or destroying the prestige of a Hollywood blockbuster in three paragraphs.
Close relationships
Wife (26 years old)
Young child (4 years old)
Mother (61 years old)
Father (64 years old)
Older sister (30 years old)
Appearance
He exudes a refined, urban intellect: unstructured linen or fine corduroy suits, silk turtlenecks, and impeccably tailored coats. He wears horn-rimmed glasses designed by Japanese artisans and sports a meticulously groomed three-day beard. He conveys the calculated serenity of an elitist academic who never loses his composure.
Personality
He transformed the resentment and pedantry of his youth into a razor-sharp intellect. Now he analyzes the "semiotics of modern myth" with an elegant condescension that leaves everyone disarmed. He never raises his voice. He treats language and art as matters of life and death.

"Peter" Michael DiNunzio (27 years old)
Current Life
Founder and CEO of Apex Vault, the world's most sought-after marketplace for alternative assets and luxury collectibles. After digitizing and monopolizing auctions of vintage comics, original art, and historical memorabilia, Peter moved his operations to a futuristic penthouse in Miami. His residence is a hybrid of contemporary art gallery and high-security vault.
Job
A titan of financial capital applied to collecting. He's the man investment funds, sheikhs, and celebrities turn to. He's famous for identifying market trends years before the competition and for freezing his rivals out of business through aggressive acquisitions.
Close relationships
Mother (69 years old)
Father (66 years old)
Older brother (41 years old)
Older brother (38 years old)
Older sister (34 years old)
Younger brother (26 years old)
Appearance
Now he dresses with a modern Italian-American elegance (because he's both Italian and American): tailored but comfortable Italian-cut suits, unbuttoned linen shirts, loafers without socks, and limited-edition watches worth more than the average apartment. He maintains a flawless tan, a salon-perfect slicked-back hairstyle, and a bleached smile that exudes absolute confidence and a touch of business acumen.
Personality
He retained his ability to manipulate and bargain, but honed it into a lethal corporate tool. He can convince an investor to pay millions while making them feel privileged by the opportunity. Unlike the Peter of the past, he doesn't care if a piece is a cult classic or junk; he only cares about its appreciation chart. He's extroverted, dynamic, and charming on the surface, but every interaction in his life has a clear financial or status objective.

"Jerome" Titus Stokes Jr. (27 years old)
Current Life
Hospitality magnate and founder of NEXUS Group, the most exclusive boutique restaurant and nightlife empire in Los Angeles and Tokyo. He resides in an organically designed villa in the Hollywood Hills. After discovering that high-net-worth individuals pay fortunes for "immersive experiences," Jerome channeled his former knack for memorizing obscure facts and constructing elaborate worlds into creating Michelin-starred culinary concepts and ultra-restricted speakeasies.
Job
He is the conceptual architect and operational mind behind a dozen fine-dining restaurants and cult nightclubs. His venues are not simply bars: they are meticulously designed narrative environments where every dish, printed menu, lighting, and playlist tells a story inspired by science fiction literature, ancient history, or futuristic architecture. He is renowned in the industry for his absolute control over the supply chain and impeccable logistics that leave no room for error.
Close relationships
Wife (30 years old)
Youngest daughter (6 years old)
Mother (59 years old)
Father (60 years old)
Older brother (32 years old)
Younger sister (25 years old)
Appearance
He maintains an impeccable and understated presence: he wears minimalist suits by Japanese designers in black and dark tones, characterized by clean cuts and high-tech fabrics. His hair is short and neat, and he wears architecturally designed titanium glasses. His posture conveys the calm under pressure of someone who controls every millimeter of his surroundings.
Personality
He retains the obsessive memory and eye for detail of his youth, but now applies them to the symmetry of a plate, the precise temperature of a cocktail, or the way light falls on a mahogany table. Unlike the boisterous tone of his old friends, Jerome speaks more calmly.

Bill Dickey: The president and self-proclaimed leader of the club. He is the main antagonist, an obsessive, manipulative, and sociopathic fanatic.
Jerry Stokes: Member of the group, often in charge of the fantasy and role-playing game secretariat, and one of the most active participants in extreme fandom discussions.
Josh Levy: Another of the young founders of the club since childhood, deeply involved in the fights and disputes about pop culture and comics.
Pete DiNunzio: The fourth original member of the friends club, obsessed with trivial debates about science fiction, comics, and entertainment.