Name: Dornak
Species: Agori
Affiliation: Fire Tribe (Secretly working for Rock Tribe)
Gender: Male, he/him
Appearance: A small, shrinking figure in dark red armour with yellow eyes.
Personality: If you’re looking for trouble, you should head in the opposite direction of where Dornak is going. While not particularly selfish or heartless, any threat to Dornak’s well-being overrides any other concerns he has. Indeed, this unfortunate strain of cowardice has led to him doing various odd jobs, the oddest of which is becoming a secret informant for the Skrall, even if he’d rather not have anything to do with the brutal, imperialistic, strangely hung-up on gender Rock Tribe.
Equipment: A small sword, for when begging doesn’t work.
Vehicle: Thornatus - For the sole purpose of escape, when necessary. [Vehicle approved by BULiK]
Weakness: Spine Sold Separately - There’s virtually no fight or flight instinct here - only flight, all the time. Dornak is willing to go to sickening lengths to save his own skin, despite whatever moral qualms he might have. That said, if backed into a corner, he might not be as harmless as his behaviour suggests.
Name: Maxas
Species: Agori
Affiliation: Water Tribe
Gender: Male, he/him
Appearance: An honest water tradesman with an honest face, light blue armour and suspicious, frenzied pale blue eyes.
Personality: With Tajun’s criminal underworld being actively cultivated by its leadership, naturally, the honest members of society will feel somewhat alienated and fearful. Maxas, however, always felt alienated and fearful. He may appear calm and collected at first, but it’s an act - he’s utterly convinced that he’s always being watched, and that everyone is out to get him - his tribe, the other tribes, the Skrall, the Bone Hunters, the Element Lords, the Vorox and Zesk, the Spikit, the Sand Stalkers, the Sand Bats, the sand, his mother, his tribe again…
Equipment: Maxas always carries bottles of his product on him… well, they’re mostly his product. Some are poisonous, some are actually a caustic acid. The bottles have tiny differences in colour so he knows which is which… hopefully. He also carries a war hammer. He’s made sure it’s not been sabotaged.
Vehicle: Kaxium - Specialized for the quick transport of water, the side-car designed to carry strapped down containers of the element. [Vehicle approved by BULiK]
Weakness: They’re Watching Me! - Though he tries to pretend otherwise, Maxas’ paranoia means he believes he’s perpetually under surveillance even in the empty expanse of the desert. Believing that everyone else is disloyal and treacherous, means that he must also be disloyal and treacherous, even when it’s in his best interests not to be.
Name: Lutenus
Species: Glatorian
Affiliation: Jungle Tribe
Gender: Male, he/him
Appearance: Tall, broad-shouldered, clad in pale green armour with crimson eyes. adorned with a cybernetic device wedged in his skull and a red robotic eye.
Personality: Soft-spoken, polite, cultured, and utterly ruthless, believing that Tesara has a divine right through the Element Lord of Jungle to rule the desert. While outwardly affable and friendly, Lutenus will do whatever he believes is necessary to the Jungle Tribe’s best interests. As for his own interests, convinced that cybernetics are the future, Lutenus aspires to become more machine than man, and believes that others should share this desire, firm in his notion that this is the best strategy to overcome the inevitable conflict with the Skrall menace.
Equipment: In the arena or on the battlefield, Lutenus dual-wields Thornax Launcher and an exquisitely crafted axe known as Treesplitter.
Cybernetics: Lutenus’ right eye (your right, not his) has been replaced with a cybernetic substitute, capable of perceiving things more clearly than any organic eye, with telescopic zoom and infrared functions. The metallic cap sticking out of his head is an unusual device developed by Celrys that Lutenus can allow to control his actions - essentially, letting a logical machine take over instead of the emotional organic, though it only seems to work if facing an armed opponent. [Cybernetics approved by BULiK]
Weakness: My Skull Runneth Over - The metal device planted into Lutenus’ skull influences his brain functions. As such, if damaged, it could cause both psychological and physical damage, ceasing motor function, causing an overload of fear-inducing hormones, rendering Lutenus unconscious, or other debilitating effects.
Name: Vraek
Species: Glatorian
Allegiance: Ice Tribe
Gender: Female, she/her
Appearance: Lithe yet muscular, standing tall in white with black tribal patterns and bright violet eyes.
Personality: Proud, yet noble, Vraek lives for the arena, snobbishly looking down on those who utilize cybernetic implements or extensive armour into battle, taking her duties as one of Iconox’s Glatorian very seriously, though desiring to battle worthy opponents more so than win. Unfortunately, Iconox’s indulgence in the trading of lives through slavery has soured her, but she cannot simply abandon the Ice Tribe over it… can she?
Equipment: Alongside the traditional Thornax Launcher, Vraek carries an Exsidian Spear.
Cybernetics: None. She claims it’s because she hasn’t needed any, but Vraek privately looks down on those who use mechanical implements, in spite of their uses and Iconox’s present monopoly on Exsidian.
Weakness: Honour Before Reason - Vraek carries a very rigid personal moral code, that allows for her to continue fighting for Iconox despite its slave trading, but forbids her from taking any action deemed dishonourable - attacking from stealth, attacking while an enemy is down, stealing, and such.
Name: Skrall
Species: Glatorian (Skrall Warrior)
Allegiance: Rock Tribe (He is Skrall)
Gender: Male, he/him
Appearance: He is Skrall. Black armour, red eyes, red highlights.
Personality: He is Skrall. Loyal, disciplined, taciturn, only speaking when needed. He is Skrall. He was born. He was trained. He will fight. He will die. He will, however, not understand why everyone else is so afraid of females. For Skrall, it is his fellow males who seem to give him pause…
Equipment: He is Skrall. He carries the Saw Blade Shield, and a Tribal Design Blade.
Cybernetics: None. He is Skrall. Though sometimes, even lowly warrior-class Skrall earn cybernetics in recognition of deeds, this Skrall hasn’t earned any cybernetics, because no one has recognized his deeds.
Weakness: He Isn’t Skrall - He is Skrall. But sometimes he doesn’t… feel like Skrall. He does not understand these feelings. He does not know any way to be, but Skrall. This doubt is a poison that must be expelled… mustn’t it?
Name: Taldrix
Species: Agori
Allegiance: Bone Hunters Gatherers
Gender: Female, she/her
Appearance: A hardened veteran of the desert, Taldrix stands in old and rusted black armour from her Rock Tribe origins, with sunken, bright orange eyes. Her features bulky, yet gaunt from obvious Spice use, she conceals this through both her helmet and a black cloth around her mouth.
Personality: Even raiders need bureaucrats. Responsible for cataloguing the various ‘transactions’ the Bone Hunters Gatherers make, particularly in reference to slaves and Spice, Taldrix treats raiding and pillaging like it’s a professional occupation, all the while keeping track of numbers, appraising the value of taken slaves, and trying carefully to both moderate her Spice usage and conceal her own disgust at what she has been reduced to (and failing at both). While Taldrix acts eerily calm, cold, cruel and apathetic most of the time, on Spice she becomes highly aggressive, paranoid, and self-pitying. She has a specific hatred for the Skrall, as their gender politics forced her to leave the Rock Tribe for the Bone Hunters Gatherers when she was young.
Equipment: Apart from her dual metal bone blades, fashioned from the metallic skeletal remains of a large desert creature, Taldrix carries a supply of Spice at all times, as well as an extensive amount of parchment to chronicle her Gatherer dealings and work out the math, as well as various sharp metal implements designed to ‘tag’ slaves. She rides the Rock Steed ‘Nuth’, who often must also carry various other rolls of parchment and other bookkeeping implements.
Weakness: The Spice Must Flow - Most drug dealers know better than to sample their own product. Taldrix does not, having taken to it to try and take her mind off her troubles.
Name: Xyde
Species: Agori
Allegiance: Ash Tribe
Gender: Non-binary, they/them
Appearance: A rotund, rollable looking character in ashen armour and bright green eyes.
Personality: The Ash Tribe may be stigmatized throughout the desert, but you wouldn’t know that from Xyde, willing to lend their considerable medical expertise to anyone who needs it, an eternally sunny optimist in a land of greed, betrayal and misery… though they are painfully aware of that. In fact, mocking the perception of their tribe and the moral failings of others is their greatest amusement. They also have a way with animals, able to tame a Spikit, the two heads named Zin and Zyn (pronounced exactly the same).
Equipment: Various medical substances and implements, many of them obsidian, are carried with them at all times, as is an obsidian blade for self-defense, or when particularly large incisions need to be made. There is also the tamed two-headed Spikit, Zin and Zyn. Granted, Zin and Zyn don’t always pay attention to Xyde… except when they need them to tear someone apart with their teeth.
Cybernetics: Their hands are made entirely of mechanical prosthesis, designed to be more flexible and less shaky than their original fleshy variants.
Vehicle: A wagon pulled by Zin and Zyn, which carries a great deal of herbs, chemicals, medical parchments and surgical tools. [Vehicle approved by BULiK]
Weakness: Do No Harm - Xyde really doesn’t want to hurt anyone. They will, of course, if push comes to shove, but only once all other options are exhausted. They’re also compelled to try and alleviate the suffering of anyone they meet, even people it would be wiser not to do so.
