Plume City & the Velvet Lily

Rico

The Mentor After Midnight

“You’re just tonight.”

Rico taught Valentino that being wanted for an evening did not make him responsible for another duck’s entire life. An experienced companion of the Velvet Lily, he understands the craft, dignity and boundaries of the work. His advice can sound severe until someone needs it. He has no noble title and regards that as an advantage when leaving a room. His later portraits show a duck who has learned when to stay seated.

The waistcoat is velvet. The boundaries are not negotiable.

Compare each duck at the same life stage, not the same calendar date. Dates and ages appear with each portrait. These are fictional calendar seasons, not published story seasons.

Hatched

Sun Crown 8

Current age

79 seasons