Georges Steil

Magician

Introduced in Accursed 1:2 'Welcome to France'

TRIVIA

• Once considered the bright hope for the future of sorcery, past mistakes have robbed Georges of the possibility of immortality and at 79 he senses his death is imminent
• Features as the main character in numerous prequels, which are collected in Cults, Curses and Cryptids and also in Death Transitions. Also features briefly in Underbelly in a flashback to the 19^th Century
• My personal favourite character to write about, an engaging eccentric

The enfant terrible who somehow managed to survive to old age despite living life with abandon and risking body and soul countless times through many escapades over four continents. Born in Dijon, France in 1865, Georges experimented with sorcery at a young age and never looked back. A born entertainer, Georges turned his magic into a show, attempting to emulate his idol, Herrmann the Great, and on one of his many travels he encountered Laura Spencer. As Accursed begins in Occupied France in 1944, Georges' body is on the ropes but his spirit remains strong as even at 79 years of age Georges leads an unusual group of partisans, The Pagan Resistance, undertaking enormous risks and garnering dangerous enemies.