Adjunct Universe #2

Trading Card Section: "The Custodian"

Mar 02, 2025

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“The Custodian”

Description

Before, on the front of the card, you is artwork of a lanky man with scruffy arms and a bushy beard, wearing a general uniform, typical for manual labor, along with a pair of wrinkly jeans that are a little too big for his legs. The jeans are held together by a leather belt. He’s also wearing a pair of black boots. On his uniform is a name tag that says “Grimes.” Also, he’s wearing a singular suspender strap that only goes over his right shoulder and has speed loader clips attached to it. Same side of the strap, on his hip, is a hip holster that has a .357 revolver sheathed within it, and to contrast, on the other side of his hip, there’s a pouch connected to his leather belt bearing an assortment of cleaning tools. Even though you would’ve been okay seeing this character drawing on a white background, standing on a non-existent surface, you are impressed to see the character standing in an auditorium as he holds a broom with his left hand. Burning between his lips is a cigar, as well. You’re amazed at the detail of the background: stage curtain caught on fire, every table broken to pieces, and most of the chairs are knocked over as three gangsters are lying down on various parts of the floor, looking knocked out and extremely beat up. Glass next to the broom head is a nice touch. Upon turning over the back of the card, you get a gist of its layout before reading its words. While reading, you are impressed with more artwork, surrounding the text box that takes up most of this side of the card. However, the artwork would’ve been incomplete without the text box because it is that of a wrinkled white paper that’s lying a dirty table. Contents surrounding the paper can be barely seen, but it can essentially convey spilt food and drinks. Blood is also splotched on the paper, a simple indicator of being there when violent action was taking place...

Front Page

Word Art (Top): The Custodian

Text Bubble (near character’s mouth): “I hate catering events.”

Tag Line (Bottom): Someone needs to take out the trash, and he’s not only the best guy for the job, he’s THE guy for the job.

Back Page

Stats-

Name: Larry Grimes

Species: Human

Strength: Surprisingly Strong

Perception: Average Observational Skills

Personality: Calm, Cool Headed, Distant, And Hard To Anger (Silent When Angry).

Location: Action Town

Text-

Larry Grimes was born and raised in Action Town, but that’s the extent of what most know about him. Some say he was born in the rural area to a small-time farm family. Others are sure he was born and raised in what used to be the Projects, before it turned into a clean and gated neighborhood. However he came into this world, anyone who’s anyone (who’s even aware of him that is) knows he was born a local man and he’ll die a local man. Even he didn’t expect to earn the kind of reputation he ended up with, though. If you ask him, Larry wouldn’t be able to recall how he started to be the cleaning man of nearly every business in Action Town, but he can recall his first job as a Floor Staff employee to a theater known for it criminal clientele. Long story short: his goo deeds made him the building’s unofficial, yet de facto protector. Before long, he passed on from theater to theater then from business to business. Eventually, his skill as a cleaner and a kind of security consultant gave him the reputation he has now, which bestowed to him a rather simple moniker… The Custodian

Bonus: T-Shirt

The Custodian is standing and facing forward, holding a broken wooden handle in his left hand and his revolver in his right hand, pointing forward. His clothes are slightly torn here and there, sometimes revealing small gashes in his flesh, and the tip of the broken handle, which came from a mop, has blood on the sharp end of it. Additionally, the gun is steaming gun smoke as the Custodian hold and angry stare. Background can be a somewhat abstract design that conveys intense action. You get the shirt thinking the artwork is cool, and maybe, you can strike a conversation about the character… Well, too bad you nor the shirt exists in this scenario, right?…

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