Frank Smith

Frank Smith is a 37-year-old human scholar born and raised within the confines of Camp Hope. Standing 5’9” and weighing 182 pounds, his brown eyes and hair mirror the warm earth tones of his skin, presenting a quietly grounded visage amid the ever-shifting world around him. As a devoted member of The Scribes, Frank embodies a thirst for knowledge and self-improvement that borders on obsession—he has literally sold his soul for the pursuit of wisdom, hoping one day to redeem it through great deeds.

Despite his physical frailty—he is notably scrawny and lacking in strength—Frank’s perceptiveness and spiritual insight are sharp as a blade. His mind is his fortress, and he wields it with a peculiar style, often speaking in rhyme or with elaborate, polysyllabic words that reveal both his erudition and his desire to impress or perhaps distance himself from others. This affectation, however, masks a sincere and honest nature. His neutrality in morality leans toward good, guided by a belief in self-betterment and a respect for the Maker.

Frank’s relationships are complex and open. He shares an honest bond with his wife, Felecia Alby Smith. He is equally honest and open with Whitney Teller, whom he is openly having an affair—a secret his wife knows because he chose to confess it himself. This candidness is as much a flaw as a virtue; he simply cannot keep secrets, a trait that has caused trouble not only for himself but for those around him. His loyalty to family remains intact, particularly toward his daughter Anna Winnie Smith.

In his quiet sanctuary at the New Medical Library, Frank cultivates his talents beyond scholarship. He is an expert dart thrower and rock skipper, small joys that tether him to the simplicity of physical skill amid the cerebral world he inhabits. A man of contradictions—feeble in body but mighty in mind, bound by love and flawed by indiscretion—Frank walks the corridors of knowledge with a restless spirit, always searching for the next page, the next truth, and perhaps, one day, redemption.