Ryan Piasecki

Description
Ryan Piasecki has deep dark brown hair that is unruly and eyes the color of smoke. He is lean and broad shouldered, with a narrow, bony face that is highlighted by hollows and planes. The shallow cleft in his chin is something that he finds a small nuisance. Ryan smokes several cigarettes in a day.

Background
Ryan is a third generation fire fighter who is most comfortable in a flannel shirt and jeans. His mother is Irish and his father is Polish, though his father died while fighting a fire. Ryan has been with Urbana's fire department for fifteen years. He fuoght fires for ten years, working his way up to lieutenant before moving to the arson squad five years ago. There are "a couple of smears in his file", one for hitting, and breaking the jaw, of a city councilman at the scene of a fire when the official went to a fire scene to get media attention. Though he was married for a couple of years, it ended in divorce because his wife couldn't accept the hours he worked.

His Story
Inspector in Urbana's arson squad. Noted by Deborah O'Roarke as "the best in the city."