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Wayne is of average height, lean and muscular, with a round, sharp-chinned face.{{book ref|mb4|9}}{{book ref|mb5|2}} At the time of the hunt for the Vanishers he was about 30 years old.{{book ref|mb4|4}} He prefers to dress in Roughs clothing with a duster coat. He has an affinity for hats, which he says are essential to completing his elaborate disguises. He cannot grow a "proper" beard.{{book ref|mb6|23}}
He has an easygoing personality and is often seen manipulating his accent and style of speech depending on who he is with.{{book ref|
Wayne has little to no concept of boundaries and an almost pathological need to prove that he's not a bad person.{{wob ref|3988}} He is deeply troubled and has [[wikipedia: PTSD| PTSD]],{{wob ref|9201}} and did not cope well with the isolation he faced in the Roughs.{{wob ref|3988}} Wayne also has a problem with [[Wikipedia: kleptomania| kleptomania]]. This is seen in his multiple episodes of "trading" items of different value and then making up convoluted reasons for why this "trade" is acceptable.{{book ref|
== Attributes & Abilities ==
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|Not that the pain went completely away, mind you. But he and pain were old friends what shared a handshake and a beer now and then. Didn’t much like each other, but they had a working relationship.
|Wayne{{book ref|
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|Gonna go get smashed till I can’t piss straight. Happy weddings ‘n stuff
|Wayne’s note to Wax{{book ref|
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Wax and Steris were scheduled to have their wedding in a Survivorist church, and Wayne sent a note to Wax telling him he wouldn’t be there. Wayne had “the lads” sabatage the wedding, telling them to flood the church. They toppled an entire water tower to flood the church, and Wayne didn’t expect them to go so far. He faked being a head chef for the wedding feast, ordering around young assistants until Marasi came to reprimand him. They talked, and Wayne decided at the end of the conversation to give up on Ranette and move on.{{book ref|
VenDell, a sixth generation Kandra who wanted to meet with Wax, decided to talk with Marasi instead. Wayne invited them over to Wax’s mansion, along with MeLaan. Wax arrived, and VenDell told them about the nature of Identity and INvestiture, and of the possibilities of [[Feruchemy#Unkeyed Metalminds|unkeyed]] and [[Feruchemy#Unsealed Metalminds|unsealed]] metalminds.{{book ref|
Wayne, along with Wax, Marasi, Steris, and MeLaan, traveled to New Seran. Wayne enjoyed talking with people on the train and learning new accents. He also chatted with Marasi, Marasi asking him about being in Wax’s shadow.{{book ref|
==== New Seran ====
The group arrived in New Seran, and they went to their hotel. Between Steris’s list of possible disasters, Wayne’s trading of objects, and MeLaan’s strangeness, [[Aunt Gin|the hotel owner]] was quite alarmed. Since Wax doubted Wayne’s usefulness at [[Kelesina Shores's party]], Marasi borrowed Wayne to go dig through graves for ReLuur’s spike.{{book ref|
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|Why, what happens when we have to thump some people, then run off with their ledgers? They’re gonna know it was us, and Wax’ll have to pay a big heap of compensatory fines.
|Wayne to Marasi{{book ref|
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Wayne and Marasi went to a bank, Wayne planning for them to pose as a rich lord and his niece. Marasi however, shocked Wayne by using her status as a constable to let them talk to the bank’s owner. Wayne swapped a rats tail with the man’s silver letter opener, and Marasi discovered than all of the city’s graveyard workers are crooked.{{book ref|
Both Wayne and Marasi worked together to trick [[Templeton Fig]], Dechamp’s boss. They caused him to think that he was being visited by [[Marsh|Death]], who was actually Wayne in disguise. Wayne learned from him that ReLuur’s spike had been sent to the small town of [[Dulsing]].{{book ref|
==== Dulsing ====
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|You can throw your wooden teeth at ‘em. Do some cane wagging as well. I’m sure you’re cross about stayin’ up so late.
|Wayne making fun of Wax’s age{{book ref|
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The group traveled by carriage to the small town of Dulsing, which has been turned into a huge construction site for some huge project. The area was well guarded, and Wayne has Wax Push him by his belt beyond the guarded border. Wayne used his healing to recover, then knocked out the power for the floodlights. Marasi, MeLaan, and Wax snuck in, and Wayne and Wax went to find Mr. Suit and Telsin.{{book ref|
Wayne and Wax found Telsin in a guarded room,{{book ref|
==== The Sovereign’s Temple ====
They flew over Edwarn’s expedition, Wayne inadvertently alerting them by kicking a pack overboard when Telsin bumped into him. They arrived at the temple, finding the crashed wreckage of another South Scadrian ship. They found a statue of the Sovereign, who was holding a spear with a spearhead that they assumed to be aluminum. Wayne stole the spearhead, which unbeknownst to any of them, was actually the Bands of Mourning.{{book ref|
With Edwarn claiming to know how to open the locked door at the end of the temple and Edwarn having the small group outnumbered, they were at an impasse. Wax brought Edwarn and the others to the door, which Edwarn helped Wax open. Inside there was an empty pedestal, with broken glass but no Bands.{{book ref|
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|No. ''No.'' I can’t do this without you.
|Wayne to Wax as Wax began to die{{book ref|
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Wayne fell down a pit filled with spikes, but healed. He found Wax in a cave, who was trapped under a huge piece of rock. Wayne fought Edwarn, who fled. Wayne tried to free Wax but couldn’t, and wept as Wax died.{{book ref|
Wax took the Bands of Mourning from Marasi, who had already used them partially, and defeated Edwarn, though Telsin escaped. After negotiating a deal with [[Jordis]] and her people, Wayne rode back to Elendel with the others on the airship. He talked with Wax about shooting Telsin, and they soon arrived back at Elendel.{{book ref|
== Relationships ==
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|Maybe there was actually something there between them. If anything, Wayne didn’t seem the least bit put our by being remind just how alien, and just how old, MeLaan was.
|Wax{{book ref|
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Wayne often flirts with [[Ranette]], but is continually met with hostility or indifference. Wayne doesn’t seem to care about how much he annoys Ranette, and often calls her “honey” or “darling”. Ranette despises Wayne, and has shot him on four separate occasions.{{book ref|mb4|14}} Wayne eventually tells Ranette he is no longer interested in her, a decision largely impacted by a conversation with Merasi and his developing relationship with [[MeLaan]], and Ranette is grateful and relieved at the news.{{book ref|
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