Doctor Victor Ramos

Doctor Victor Ramos is the calibre of genius that has not been seen in generations, since the likes of Brunel, Da Vinci, or Daedalus. He is responsible for dozens of innovations in mining science, such as the mechanical canary responsible for saving hundreds of miners from oxygen deprivation. His crowning achievement is the establishment of the Hollow Marsh Pumping Station. This grand edifice is as much a work of art as it is a functional facility. Composed of giant steam pumps, the station services those mining sites situated in the marshy Malifaux lowlands, keeping the shafts dry and free from flooding.

For his contributions to mining safety, he has recently been re-elected as President of the Miners and Steamfitters Union, an organization which champions miners’ rights. Despite Ramos’ charitable contributions, his interests are not all so altruistic. Under his guidance, the Union has become more than it was. Today, the Union, unbeknownst to many of the laborers it serves, supports a powerful criminal organisation.

Under the legitimate shield of the Union, the Arcanist crime syndicate is protected from direct confrontation by the Guild. These two organisations instead battle for control of Malifaux’s mines in the shadows and in a tense political struggle for power. Ramos’ genius can read the complex landscape of 0. To be Organised/Malifaux politics as easily as his mechanical blueprints.

When tensions explode into open warfare, he is just as able. Union machine shops churn out the terrible mechanisms of Ramos’ imagination. These spidery constructs come in a variety of sizes and utilize a menagerie of deadly weapons that can quickly bring an end to any street war.