Liver+Bird

//This is part of the Hangover city, Liverpool, uk setting// =The Liver Bird=

The oldest guardian statue in the city is The Liver Bird. His first appeared as a symbol of the city on the Corporate Seal 1350. In 1668 the Earl of Derby gave a mace to the council which bore his shape and linked him with the authorities of the city. However he did not appear as a ‘living statue’ until 1720. The bird on the coat of arms on the new Customs house moved to alert the customers officer to an attempted theft of valuable cargo placed in the building for safe keeping. Needless to say the mortals fled in terror, and the cargo was retrieved. It save a very important trading deal between the city and the Americas.

During the second world war the building was heavily damaged by fire bombs and demolished. But the liver bird’s spirit had already moved to the massive bronze bird on the Liver buildings, which allowed him to look out over both the sea and the city (A glamour provides the ‘other’ bird when he shifts his perch). He seems very happy there and attempts to persuade him to move to a smaller structure have been firmly rebuffed. The most problematic part of this existence is that he can not speak any human language. However he has an assistant, Oliver Waterson, who is a were-cormorant who is more than happy to translate.

The Liver Bird sees the whole of the city as his domain, and will respond to any threat to it. The combat worthiness of an all but invulnerable 15 ft metal bird kind of speaks to itself, however it is rather hard to cover up when he flies. As a result he usually turns out if it is something very very important.