Friday Wilmot

Friday Wilmot is one of the most popular lounge singers and burlesque dancers at the Ace of Spades nightclub in Vegas, as well as one of the best gamblers in the house. She’s also the unofficial den mother of the girls living in the boarding house above the Ace.

Description
Friday is very short, at just about five foot even, her build pixie-like and flat-chested. Friday's skin is brown and covered in freckles, her is hair naturally brown and curly, and her eyes are gray. In Book 1, she wears a powder blue wig of long, straight hair, often tied up in a scarf a la old Hollywood. In Book 2, she decides on a cropped blond wig. Friday's style ranges from practical to outrageous, depending on what she thinks she can get away with. Travelling, she'll often wear pale, feminine colors, but in practical button-downs and slacks. Out on the town, she'll happily show more skin.

History
Friday is a war orphan whose parents died defending Las Vegas from a gang-related change of power twenty years ago. She grew up on the streets, conning and gambling for enough money to survive. Into her teen years, most of her cons involved disguises, and one day she decided she liked herself in a wig better than without: she’s been Friday ever since. She’s worked for the Ace of Spades since she was old enough to dance, and her gambling know-how and charisma launched the club into prosperity. Friday could have owned the Ace if she had wanted to, but she prefers to keep a lower profile than that. She has made a comfortable life for herself singing, dancing, hustling, and lending money to honest priests who are sure to pay her back, with interest.

Madonna Magnifique
Miss Madonna was the owner of The Ace of Spades before retiring to live with her grandchildren. Friday joined the Ace at about the same time as Miss Madonna was beginning her semi-retirement, running the Ace of Spades mostly from her chair. Miss Madonna's life was aspirational to Friday, who endeavored to take on as much responsibility as possible at the Ace in order to run the place herself one day. Miss Madonna only appears in the side story Love Thy Neighbor.

Valerie Lecter
Friday met Valerie Lector when he moved in to the church across the way from The Ace of Spades. While the two of them didn't get along at first, they soon became close. Early on in their friendship, Friday loaned Val the money to fix the leaky church roof, and they have traded favors ever since. By the time Prairie Song begins, Friday and Val have been friends for nine years.