Verity Cunningham

Verity Cunningham, the World’s Greatest Hunter, is a protagonist of Widdershins."A crafty bounty hunter with something of a mercenary streak, Verity is ingenious, glorious, fabulous, and most definitely better than Harry in every way."

Vanishing Act
Ms Cunningham was employed to acquire materials through the proxy of an unidentified masked individual, including a significant amount of gunpowder. When the intended use of this came to light she promptly assisted in the apprehension the individual responsible. She also insulted an enormous magenta peacock.

Curtain Call
In which Ms Cunningham accompanies Cousin Benji, Dear Harriet's New Wizard Assistant, and Benji's Large German Friend on a mission to save Widdershins from the Seven Deadly Sins. Ms Cunningham guided the party through Gibbet Street Gaol, beaned a fox with a sandbag, provided the substances which incapacitated Gluttony, admitted personal flaws, and provided much needed personal motivation.

Sea Change
Ms Cunningham and her new assistant voyage on the SS Good Intentions, in order to discover the motivations of Pemberton Pryce, and (with the assistance of Feng's Magician Cousin) uncover his nefarious plan to acquire the fourth anchor under nautical salvage and exploit it for his benefit.

Appearance
Vee favours knee length heeled boots, knee length skirts with petticoats, and hairstyles with braids that she might clip her glasses chain to. She wears a small spanner in the majority of her hairstyles.

Skills

 * World's Greatest Hunter
 * Engineering Genius
 * Charismatic Modesty
 * Devastating Beauty
 * Motivational Speeches

Relationships
In Curtain Call it is revealed she was seeing a 'Nicky'- namely Captain Nicola Barber- some years prior. In Sea Change, she engages in a flirtation with Patience Rattaker, through the medium of engineering discussions, blunt instrument based violence, and an undisclosed amount of time confined in a bathysphere.

Other Relationships
Former bounty hunting partner, and competitive rival to Harriet Barber

Granddaughter of Victor Cunningham

Favourite cousin to Benji Thackerey. Also cousin to The Twins.

Current employer (post Curtain Call) of Lei Feng

Trivia
Verity Cunningham's Office is located on Dean Street, Manchester.

Ms Cunningham uses many of her brilliant inventions to aid her in her investigations. Most notable are clockwork smoke bombs and sleep darts fired from a spring-loaded wrist gun. Harriet Barber has been known to use smoke bombs 'borrowed' from Ms Cunningham.