Slade Whittlee

Slade has always been good at playing the long game. If there was a fortune to be made playing chess, he might have the mind for it. Instead, he chose a life as an investment broker. Presenting himself as the middleman between budding investors and businesses seeking capital, Slade sells fictitious opportunities with the zeal of a preacher. Money comes in, a few early investors receive dividends back, and then more investors give him money which he is happy to take. There are even a few of the early investors that refuse the dividend, and ask for it to be reinvested. Chumps. In the end, his rented office is emptied, lives are ruined, and Slade moves several towns away to quietly start up again.