The Company [Modern Fantasy | OOC | OPEN]

[Barapam]

Name: Wulfhilda "Hilda" Zahn
Alias: Raksha
Nationality: Romanian (Transylvanian Saxon)
Age: 98 (born in 1920, still alive)
Gender: Female
Race: Werewolf
Appearance:

Height: 180 cm
Weight: 60 kg

Personality: Hilda's like a missile. She loves the hunt, and remains calm and cold when it goes on, but when the target is locked, she explodes in a violent, bloody rage. When she's not pursuing a prey, she's actually quite compassionate, and have a strong sense about right, wrong, and honour. She lives by a code, not entirely different from "the law of the jungle" as described in The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. Hence her alias, Raksha, Mowgli's adoptive mother. Her superiors first called her Agent K9, but she didn't like it, and managed to get it changed. She can be quite stubborn and won't give up until she gets what she wants.
History: Hilda was born in Transylvania in 1920, to a German werewolf family. Fascism was all the rage back then, and as an ethnic minority the Zahn's felt that the pan-Germanic ideas of NSDAP suited them perfectly (especially Hilda's grandfather Wolfgang, who was old enough to remember how the high status and influence of the Transylvanian Saxons had decrased a lot over the years, ever since he had moved there in the Middle Ages). Some of her older brothers were already active in the Iron Guard, and a large part of the brood, including Hilda, volunteered to join the SS when WWII broke out - although it should be noted that it wasn't just for ideological reasons, their canine side gave them a bloodlust that simply had to be satisfied.

Because of her gender, Hilda was first supposed to be an SS-Helferin in far behind the front, likely in a concentration camp. She of course refused, that wasn't why she had volunteered, and she got what she wanted. Unlike her brothers however, she wasn't sent to the Eastern front, which was considered too dangerous for a woman. Instead, she would end up in Paris, as an aid to the Gestapo. She enjoyed it at first, it was fun to hunt down resistance fighters, and to torture and kill them - but when it came to the persecution of Jews, she simply couldn't... As a werewolf in rural Romania, she knew just what it was like to be hated for her race, and she symphatized with other minorities too (except vampires, fuck those guys), which ironically was one of the reasons she had joined the Nazis in the first place... Besides, against la Résistance there was an element of sport, they were fighting each other, sometimes with dirty methods, sure, but still more or less fair and square. Targeting innocents was something completely different.

So what Hilda did, was that she started to help smuggle Jews, especially families with children, out of France. In the beginning she still took part in fighting partisans, but gradually she was herself drawn more and more into the resistance movement, eventually becoming a double agent. Luckily, the Gestapo never found out.

After the war, Romania was under Soviet occupation, so she couldn't return home. She stayed in Paris, and worked at nightclubs popular among the criminal underworld and other scum, such as former Nazi collaborators and supernatural beings - the kind of clubs where no one asked about your past, nor your present, for that matter. However, despite that, she late one moonless night as she was walking home from work, found herself surrounded by a group of armed men, who caught her in an alley. Jewish avengers, she thought, and with a defiant growl she explained that yes, she had been a Nazi, a member of the SS, but she had also helped many of their people. Didn't that matter at all?

The men had then exchanged looks, and whispered among each other, before addressing her again. Hilda had been ready to die, although not without a fight, but what they said surprised her completely. They didn't care at all that she had been a Nazi, they worked for the Company and while they had intended to kill her, it was because she was a werewolf. Now however, with this new info, maybe they could make an exception. Her story would of course be examined, but for the moment she was free to go. They would find her if it turned out to be necessary, they said.

That was her first contact with the Company, but not the last. They would later use her as an informant, and from the late 50's and onwards, she would be permanently employed as a consultant.
Powers: With almost a century of training, she can now for the most part control her shape-shifting abilities, and either transform completely to a wolf, or a wolfwoman, or just partially, with certain body parts. It is however harder to control during full moon, or when she's experiencing strong emotions or strong intoxication. She can also communicate with wolves and dogs.
Strengths: She's very goal oriented, just like a predator stalking its prey.
Weaknesses: Allergic to silver. Prone to aggressiveness.
Weapons: Two Colt M1911, and a Bowie knife.
Position: Consultant
Suite: A gothic hall, with some rather macabre designs (such as skull ornaments, and shrunken heads used for decoration).

CAGH *Don't Remove*

[Skaldia]

So far, so good.

[Menschenfleisch]

Can't use Discord 'til the 7th of October since I'm on a phone in China, but posting shouldn't be an issue. This looks like a really interesting concept. Excited to see how it plays out.
I don't actually know if we're meant to have preestablished characters (i.e. died before the present day) but I'm just going to app for a semi-established character to be on the safe side.

Name: Amelia (Amy) Santiago
Alias:
Nationality: American
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Appearance: Med-long blonde hair, European skin tone/ethnicity, blue eyes. (Will provide image once on a computer and outside of China)

Height: 162cm
Weight: 51kg

Personality: Amy is an extremely jaded but ambitious individual. The circumstances of her life, death and induction into the Company left her with little to strive for; being tied to a wholly unfamiliar supernatural theatre and being unwilling to move onto whatever afterlife she was going to receive. Her mind fixated on physical gain and reward after the traumatic incident, causing her to lose interest in many more emotional goals such as love, instead becoming obsessed with rank, payment and self improvement. This has led to a complex of competitiveness and pettiness. While she is not necessarily reclusive, her drive and insistence on personal accomplishment often leaves others on the wayside as a sort of coping mexhanism fir the loss of corporeal relationships and the prospect of eternity following the directives of the Company, should she never move on from the physical world (which considering her obsession with personal freedom and maintaining her physical reality, is unlikely to occur).
History: Amy was initially born in 1970, dying in 2003 after a particularly generic career in psychological counselling, finding It difficult to balance an increasingly taxing and difficult career (so much as getting the job was a nightmare) and various romantic flings. Her childhood was defined by mediocrity and a rough relationship with her parents. After her death as a result of a car crash she was left believing than she had accomplished nothing in life and that her relationships had been preventing her from having a successful career and the affluent life she desired. From a young age, her primary dream had been of unparalleled achievement and fantastic, carefree adventures.
She had around a comparatively short time to get her head around things, during which she also accomplished staggeringly little; not moving on from her self-destructive mindset or achieving anything beyond the occasional botched mission. Even so, her psychological hangups and determination have turned to a quiet, dangerous resolve. Now That the 21st century has begun in earnest, It appears that she's prepared to start working toward her goals.

Powers: Amy can control glass. She can instantly shatter or reassemble glass pieces and shape them into specific configurations; for example shattering a window and turning It into a bong. The ability is primarily limited by range. She can only shatter/attract glass inside her field of vision up to a range of 50 metres and she can only combine/repulse (throw) glass within one metre of her body in her field of view. Even so, any glass she throws maintains its momentum even After leaving her range of control. It's an unusually physical ability for her but made up for by the fact that she is not as enhanced as many other members of the Company by sheer virtue of not having exercised much in life.
Strengths: Amelia, despite her personal issues handling emotions, is an effective psychoanalyst and negotiator. Her approach to a problem will usually concern the livng actors involved in the scenario and the ways in which they can be influenced; taking a personal approach to both conversation and business.
Weaknesses: Amy is physically frail due to her civilian lifestyle before joining the Company and her reliance on less direct routes to success. She can also be remarkably tactless and make snap decisions, often leading to wild misjudgements and an inability to work outside of her field of expertise. When confronted by a problem negotiation and tactics cannot overcome her entire plan breaks down.
Weapons: A knife and a pistol. Very basic.
Position: Operator
Suite: A modern minimalist household with a walled off bathroom, a countertop kitchen and all sorts of basic amenities. Mostly glazed wood and plaster decor. One corner of the room is entirely dedicated to storing notebooks and random scrawls.

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[Barapam]

App finished.

[Skaldia]

Both are accepted! Glad to have you aboard!!

I feel like one more person gets in on this and we can get an IC up and running!

[Auphelia]

This seems interesting.

Very interesting.

One might argue that it is too interesting.

[Skaldia]

This seems interesting.

Very interesting.

One might argue that it is too interesting.

No such thing mate. Want yer eyes poppin' out it be so in'er'estin'

[Barapam]

Nice to be aboard! Noticed a minor spelling error on Wulfhilda in the roster, no biggie though.

[Skaldia]

Nice to be aboard! Noticed a minor spelling error on Wulfhilda in the roster, no biggie though.

I corrected it. Thanks for pointing it out

[Dreshand]

Could you repost the discord invite? It seems to have expired

[Skaldia]

Could you repost the discord invite? It seems to have expired

My apologies! I set up a discord invite that will not expire now. Sorry about that.

Hope this garners more interest.

[The Imperial Warglorian Empire]

Name: Erich Landa (before death)/Drostan Mckenna (after death) (preferred human identity)
Alias: Phanuel
Nationality: German (before death) (speaks in Irish accent now though)
Age: 33 (Body Age)/54 (Age at Death)
Gender: Male
Appearance:

Replace brown with white hair, brown with green, and put two light scars across his jaw and right eye respectively

Height: 5"11'
Weight: 175 lbs

Personality: Phanuel is usually an outgoing and lively person, very sociable, friendly and always loving a good joke, and always looking to help people. However, because of his past years in war and many dark moments in his history, Phanuel's dark side may pop out at times of extreme stress, leading him to either become a blood-thirsty rage monster or a merciless sociopath
History: Erich was born in Berlin 1900 the second of two sons, his father an officer in the army, his mother a rich baroness in German Society, both devout Catholics (which somewhat passed on to Erich). In 1914, Erich and his brother, Hans, would enlist in the German Imperial Army, Erich having lied about his age (like a lot of others children during the First World War), and would be shipped to the front. The Landa brothers would serve on the Western Front from 1914-1916, where they would face the true horrors of war. At the same time, Erich would see himself become an effective soldier, becoming his battalion's best marksman and getting a high kill count. In 1916, the Landa brothers would be transferred to the Eastern Front to reinforce the frontline after the very successful Russian Brusilov Offensive. Facing the much more action-packed, quick moving and active field combat on the Eastern Front compared to the sluggish and slow trench combat of the Western Front, Erich would not only adapt but thrive in this environment. Soon after his deployment on the Eastern Front, Erich would join the German Sturmtruppen, an elite branch of small and nimble shock units specialising in breaking through enemy lines.

Erich would, again, thrive in this environment, going on mission after mission, storming many Russian positions and trenches, surviving despite the rather low life-expectancy of a Sturmtruppen. In 1917, Erich would be wounded on an offensive, and be sent back to heal. Rather than being sent back to Russia, Erich was transferred to the Italian Front, his brother remaining on the Eastern Front. During his time in Italy, Erich would become rather good friends with fellow Sturmtruppen Erwin Rommel, who Erich admired as a revolutionary military commander, and saw going to places. Eventually, the two brothers would reunite once again in 1918, as Erich and Hans were transferred back to the Western Front for the Spring Offensive. By the time World War 1 ended, Erich had been rewarded many awards and medals, including both the second and first classes of the Iron Cross. After the war, Erich, like many Germans, angered by the Versailles Treaty, would join the German militia known as the Freikorps. After several years in the interwar era, Erich would hear one of the many speeches of Adolf Hitler. Though he didn't approve of Hitler's rhetoric on anti-Semitism and the concept of "Untermensch", he supported Hitler's talks of creating a new Germany and bringing Germany back into greatness. Erich would take part in the Beer Hall Putsch but was able to escape. Afterwards, when Hitler created the National Socialist Party, Erich and his brother would join the Sturmabteilung and later be recruited into the SS as Hitler's personal elite bodyguard. He would take part in the Night of the Long Knives alongside his brother. Disgusted by what he had to do, Erich would leave the SS, his brother deciding to stay, and joined the newly formed Wehrmacht.

There Erich would serve, first in Poland, then Scandinavia, and then France, fighting on the frontlines. He would train as an elite Fallschimjäger and take part in the famous Paratrooper invasion of Crete, though he would quickly transfer after it was clear that Fallschimjägers wouldn't be used in combat for some time. He would join the Afrika Korps, where he would serve under Rommel against the British Forces, being promoted to Feldwebel during his time in Africa. In July of 1942, Erich would be transferred to the Eastern Front, and would eventually find himself attached to the 6th Army, taking part in the Battle of Stalingrad, fighting fiercely and gaining many commendations from his commanding officers. In early November of 1942, Erich would be injured once more and be brought back from the frontlines and flown from Stalingrad to a field hospital, this injury would turn out to be a blessing as only about 20 days later the 6th Army would be completely surrounded by Soviet Forces. When he arrived back in Germany, he was met by several Wehrmacht Officers who wanted to reward him for his constant services, giving him several medals and awards and promoted to Stabsfeldwebel (Sergeant Major). After he was healed of his wounds, Erich, still craving adventure, would decide to join the elite Wehrmacht Special Forces unit known as the Brandenburgers, a unit comparable to the British SAS. He would undergo intense training before being sent onto the front, taking part in raiding, commando and anti-partisan operations all across Europe, where he would gain even more medals and awards from his acts of bravery, becoming somewhat of a poster boy and propaganda tool for the Nazi Party like Michael Wittmann or Erich Hartmann, being called the "Black Devil". Sometimes when he wasn't on special operations, he was invited to parties of high society, meeting fellow soldier aces, superior officers, and even high ranking officials such as Goebbels, and even meeting with Hitler once. In mid-1944 however, he received another surprise transfer, this time into the SS. He would later find out that his elder brother, Hans, had become a Standartenführer (Colonel) in the SS, and became one of their most efficient and infamous hunters, having the moniker of the "Jew Hunter," and had requested for Erich's transfer to under his command. Though initially peeved of being transferred from the frontlines to a more, in his eyes, police-keeping role, he was happy to be reunited with his brother. Upon going under his command, Hans would promote Erich to SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain), which would surprise Erich at the number of other ranks he'd skipped with the promotion, and made Erich his right-hand man.

Soon Erich would learn what exactly his brother did, and to say he was disturbed and shocked would be an understatement. Under the SS he would learn of the amount of cruelty his fellow SS Soldiers would put upon various peoples considered "inferior". One of the worst was when his brother had brought Erich with him during one trip to escort some Jews that he had found to a Camp known as Auschwitz. Erich had only heard of these "camps" where they kept who the Nazi Party considered "undesirable," but the rumours were nothing like the actual thing. The rotting, stinking bodies, the skeletal-like people, the amount of cruelty, made Erich scarred for life. And what was worst of all? His brother, his dear older brother that he had fought alongside for so many years, not only believed in the racial propaganda of the Nazi Party and was loyal to it, but in fact enjoyed the cruelty, becoming a complete sadist and psychopath, such as how Hans had shown a "fun trick" to Erich, where he had grabbed one of the hats off one of the malnourished Jews, threw it over the Camp fence, told the Jew to retrieve it, and when the Jew tried to climb over it, Hans shot him for "attempting to escape," and called over some dogs to eat the prisoner alive. Unlike his brother, Erich was doing anything but laughing.

From that day forward Erich's loyalty to the Regime he once thought was going to save Germany plummeted. He would attempt several actions against the Nazis to try and undermine it, starting to send intel to the Allies by releasing Allied POWs and giving them intel, secretly breaking out Jews and other Concentration Camp inmates and making sure they got to more neutral areas like Sweden or Switzerland. He was even the only SS member to have taken part in the July 20 Plot, though luckily he had been able to escape captivity, no one knowing he was even involved (though he had suspicions that his brother knew, from the looks he had been giving to him). He even contemplated attempting to defect to the Allies, however after Erwin Rommel was killed (he didn't believe that story about being killed by an air raid), he knew that it would most likely end up with his dead. As the war progressed, and Germany was pushed further back, Erich would slowly find himself going back to military duties as he trained new soldiers, mainly Volkssturm (if you could call them soldiers). Eventually, the Russians would reach Berlin, and both Erich and Hans would be put on frontline duty once more, fighting on the narrow streets of Berlin against the Russians. During the chaos of one engagement, Hans would be injured, forcing Erich to drag him to a safe, secluded spot. However, instead of calling for help, Erich would do something he never thought he would've done. He took out his P38, and shot Hans in the head, thinking that the monster in front of him was no longer the older brother he had known and loved throughout the past 31 years of war together.

After hiding his body and taking Landa's medals and officer cap (to keep his memory), Erich would continue to fight in Berlin as the battle turned even more desperate and chaotic, being awarded many more awards for his supposed bravery, and continuing to have an ever-increasing head count on both Soviet Infantry and Tanks. On April 27th, a few days after Hans's death, Erich was summoned to the Führerbunker and met Hitler himself (the first time personally meeting him since all those years ago), who personally commended him and proceeded to promote him SS-Sturmbannführer. Soon afterwards he was sent to the Reichstag where he would become one of the defence's high ranking officers that would help organise the defence. He would take part in the Defence from April 27th-29th, but on the same day would be once again summoned to the Führerbunker, where he and four other SS soldiers (another Sturmbannführer, a Hauptsturmführer, and two Untersturmführers) would be sworn into Operation Viktoria, where Hitler planned to fake his and his new wife's, Eva Braun, deaths, where afterwards he would escape Berlin (with Erich and the others acting as bodyguards) on a plane, where afterwards Hitler planned to escape to Argentina via U-Boat. As these 5 were considered the most loyal and battle-hardened in the SS, which was why he had selected them, little did Hitler know that Erich wouldn't let that happen. After the swearing, Erich promised not to let Hitler escape and would convince one of the Untersturmführers to help him in killing Hitler, telling him they could use Hitler's head as a bargaining chip to the Soviets.

The next day, Hitler and Braun would be declared dead, their body-doubles being found dead in their rooms. In the dead of night, the group would leave the bunker, heading to a nearby large road in the ruins where a plane was to land. As the group avoided the street fighting and Soviet Patrols, they neared the base area. Before the plane could land, Erich and the defected Untersturmführer went into action, both wielding STG-44s and firing into the group. Eva Braun and the Sturmbannführer would get gunned down, with Hitler and the other two guards able to dive for cover. A gunfight ensued, with Erich's Untersturmführer getting killed. Erich, ceasing the opportunity of the two SS Soldiers reloading, would rush them, quickly engaging in close quarters combat. Both the Untersturmführer and Hauptsturmführer had been veterans of the Eastern front and members of the elite SS Panzer Division "Das Reich," both recipients of the Iron Cross and War Merit Cross. However, with his previous training in the Fallschimjägers and Brandenburgers, Erich was able to dispatch both SS veterans after an intense yet short melee. After he had killed the remaining bodyguards, he felt a searing pain on his back and leg as two gunshots rang across the road.

Hitler, having shot him with his Walter PPK, after making a small speech about how he was a 'traitor' and 'disgrace to Germany', rose his pistol once more to shoot the injured Erich. However, the PPK jammed, and Erich would seize upon this opportunity, getting up and tackling Hitler to the ground. The two men would struggle on the ground, with Erich's recent wounds evening out Hitler's aged and weak body. Eventually, it would end with Erich grabbing a brick off the ground and hitting Der Führer, continuing to bash in Hitler's skull again and again until it was no more than a bloody pulp. Shortly afterwards Erich would remain still, before suddenly the plane which was to escort the now late-Führer arrived, with Erich having to hide as several other SS soldiers disembarked from the plane. Erich would lose consciousness in one of the many abandoned alleyways. He would wake up to find himself in one of the many underground military hospitals, having been found by a German Patrol. After somewhat recovering on May 2nd, with Berlin officially capitulating on the same day, Erich and a group of other SS officers would successfully escape Berlin to German-Controlled territory. There they would regroup with other groups of SS Officers, who would then go into hiding. These groups of SS Officers would create ODESSA, lead by Heinrich Muller, their objective was to not only escape Germany but to rebuild themselves and wait for the opportune moment to create a new Fourth Reich. Unknowing to them, Erich, who had decided to join, would act as a mole from the inside, secretly contacting the American OSS and British MI6, supplying them with Intel.

After over a year of hiding, ODESSA would finally go into action, planning for the entire group to embark upon a cargo ship and escape to Argentina. And on that day, as all the members would board the vessel, Erich would spring into action, warning both the OSS and MI6. Only an hour later, British SAS and American Paratroopers would attack the vessel, a battle ensuing between the Allied Forces and the SS Soldiers on board. Erich would help the Allied Forces, the battle ending with the ship sinking to the bottom of the ocean, and most of the ODESSA Inner Circle being captured. Afterwards, knowing that the Allies Agencies would most likely try to kill him, Erich would escape to France and join the French Foreign Legion, gaining the rank of Lieutenant and is assigned to a unit made up of mainly other SS and Wehrmacht soldiers who had escaped Germany. Erich would be deployed to French Indochina where he would fight in the First Indochina War. There, he would meet his end, as a 54-year-old Capitaine Erich Landa, a veteran of two world wars, the Black Devil of the German Wehrmacht, former SS Major and the killer of Hitler, would find himself and his squad ambushed in the thick Indochina jungle in January 1952, being gunned down by Việt Minh Guerillas, and bleeding out to death on the Jungle Floor to be forgotten as his body was consumed in the mud.

The next time he opened his eyes, Erich had fully expected to either be at pearly gates or a fiery inferno. Instead, he found himself in an apartment room, not bleeding to death and with a completely new face. He soon learnt of why he was there instead of the afterlife, about the Company and their tasks in the world. Being inducted into the Company as a mechanic, Erich, now known as Phanuel, would begin his fight against the supernatural. For the next 66 or so years, Phanuel would kill, rip and tear through ranks of monsters, becoming one of the Company's most efficient hunters. One of the most memorable campaigns of his life was when he was assigned to investigate a string of vampire attacks. Later he would find out that these were perpetrated by a secret military organisation made up of former SS members who had somehow found a way to create vampires and were using them to try and create a new Fourth Reich. Phanuel would especially enjoy destroying them and seeing the look on the faces of several SS soldiers who had recognised him in his previous mortal life. During this time, Phanuel found that, for some reason, his vocal chords were most adapt to an Irish accent, and so decided to forge his mortal identity as Irishman Drostan Mckenna, a former British Royal Marine and Irish Army Ranger, having seen service in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria, who had recently been honourably discharged and had since been serving as a Catholic Missionary and Priest.

Powers:
-Superhuman Reflexes (allows him to react to incoming actions very quickly)
-Superhuman Agility (allows him to do actions much faster than the regular person)
-Superhuman Processing (allows him to process information extremely quickly, allowing him to see the world around him in practically slow motion. Also allows makes him able to remember and think of things much quicker)
-Plasma Manipulation (ability to manipulate every state of the matter known as plasma (lightning, fire, etc) into different forms, whether that be as a simple projectile to fire at enemies, to create objects such as swords and whips. This also allows him to absorb these forms of plasma, increasing his own storage or strength)
Strengths:
-Extremely experienced in military leadership, tactics and combat
-Expert with most firearms and weapons
-Extremely agile and quick reacting
Weaknesses:
-Suffers somewhat from some PTSD, can lead to him either becoming very cold and withdrawn or uncontrollably angry
-Can sometimes get easily distracted
Weapons:
-Barret M82
-Two Foldable Katanas (made of a new magnesium-titanium alloy and a diamond edge, this sword is extremely sharp and tough. It also has a system where, upon the push of a button, it surrounds the blade with an electric like energy coating, making it able to cut through steel like butter)
-Judicii and Carnifex (imagine pistols with Luger reload mechanism) (Judicii is white with a gold grip and a cross on the grip, while Carnifex is black) (a pair of Luger P08s heavily modified by Landa himself, both have been modified to have extremely high stopping and penetration power (comparable to 50 calibre bullets), utilises magazines and weighted magazines that hold 50 rounds, can use various types of ammunition (flammable, hollow point, corrosive, explosive, etc), has semi-auto and full-auto capabilities, much higher accuracy and range)
-Mors Iustus (a modified Barret M107, lighter, less recoil, longer and higher range and accuracy)
-Butterfly Knife (shaped like Christian Cross, coated with fast-acting neurotoxin)
-Throwing Knives (also shaped like crosses)
-Weapon Arm Holsters (holsters attached to the forearms made of steel, usually hidden under the sleeves. Can hold and automatically deploy weapons such as guns and knives with a simple gesture, can also hold ammo and automatically spring out magazines to load firearms. Can also be used as a weapon if needed, strong enough to resist blunt weapons or blades)
Position: Mechanic
Suite: Old Inspiration Walls are decorated with paintings of old art, as well as pictures displaying things from him as a soldier during the war to spending time with his brother. The walls are also decorated with memorabilia and war trophies, such as a swastika flag, a Bolshevik flag, medals, etc. The tables are also decorated with pictures and memorabilia. There is also a weapons rack and cleaning station, as well as closets full of clothing.

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[Skaldia]

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I find it amusing to have yet another member of the SS be in the Company. A trend? Haha. Anyways, accepted!

[The Imperial Warglorian Empire]

-snip-

I find it amusing to have yet another member of the SS be in the Company. A trend? Haha. Anyways, accepted!

Technically Erich despised the SS (which was why he left after the Night of the Long Knives), but whatever, thx

[Skaldia]

I find it amusing to have yet another member of the SS be in the Company. A trend? Haha. Anyways, accepted!

Technically Erich despised the SS (which was why he left after the Night of the Long Knives), but whatever, thx

Misread. Apologies. Should have said German Army, haha.

[The Imperial Warglorian Empire]

Wow, now we've got one of every class
Convenience

[Barapam]

-snip-

I find it amusing to have yet another member of the SS be in the Company. A trend? Haha. Anyways, accepted!

That's why I'll stick with just one character for now, because both my other ideas involve Nazis (or anti-Nazi Hitler-clones, although the vampire wasn't technically a Nazi either, but he took over a camp with his coven, disguised as SS staff, and ran it like a farm/blood bank, until the Red Army came, and they disguised themselves as Soviet soldiers and took part in the onslaught on Berlin etc.).

[Skaldia]

Wow, now we've got one of every class
Convenience

We don't have an Analyst, but I can understand why people wouldn't be attracted to that class.

I'll work on an IC later today (It's 7:19 here).

I find it amusing to have yet another member of the SS be in the Company. A trend? Haha. Anyways, accepted!

That's why I'll stick with just one character for now, because both my other ideas involve Nazis (or anti-Nazi Hitler-clones, although the vampire wasn't technically a Nazi either, but he took over a camp with his coven, disguised as SS staff, and ran it like a farm/blood bank, until the Red Army came, and they disguised themselves as Soviet soldiers and took part in the onslaught on Berlin etc.).

Still a viable idea that we can flesh out later. If not a full on character, would you amenable to the idea of having him as a potential NPC villain for the Company to go after?

[Barapam]

Sure, I can write his story either here, on discord, or in a tg to you.

[Skaldia]

Sure, I can write his story either here, on discord, or in a tg to you.

Whichever you prefer.

[Rodez]

tag.

[Robosia]

Tag

[Rodez]

Name: Tristan Kersey
Alias: Drago
Nationality: American (former), Croatian (post-death)
Age: 34 (at death), 29 (new body)
Gender: Male
Appearance:

Height: 6′1"
Weight: 190 lbs.

Personality: Goofy and eccentric, Tristan derives substantial (others would say excessive) enjoyment from pranking his colleagues. A favorite joke of his is to assume the form of coworkers' pets, or even the coworkers themselves, and commit the worst absurdities that come to mind.

History: Born in 1802 in Kentucky, as a young man Tristan emigrated to Texas, eventually settling in what is now Hallettsville, Texas, in the south-central part of the state. Within a few years he had married Emilia McTaggert, the daughter of a local rancher.

For a number of years, Tristan lived out his life in relative contentment. He and Emilia had four children, and though Texas was then under Mexican hegemony, the provincial government was pleased to let Americans settle there, as it grew the economy rapidly. Tristan acquired a ranch of his own and did a prosperous trade as a cattleman, driving herds to the Brazos River for export to the western states, or to the coast for shipment to New Orleans.

But the Mexican government's laissez-faire policy was not to last. Under General Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexico became increasingly centralized, and the Anglo settlers of Texas (along with many Hispanic Tejanos) increasingly felt that their rights were under threat.

Revolution erupted in October 1835. Tristan found himself caught up in the tide of pro-independence sentiment, and he eagerly volunteered to fight the Mexicans. The rebels ejected every Mexican garrison from Texas by the end of the year, but the new year would bring with it a string of defeats. The Goliad Campaign, along the Texas coast, was a crushing defeat for the rebels - Tristan himself barely escaped with his life. He joined the garrison at the Alamo, hoping to be part of the rock that might break Santa Anna's army.

Sadly, it was not to be. On the morning of March the 6th, 1836, the Mexicans launched a furious assault against the Alamo. The Texans repulsed it. Santa Anna ordered his men forward again. The rebels shot them down.

But a third assault brought the Mexicans to the walls, and, using ropes and ladders alike, they made their way to the top. Tristan died there, fighting like an animal, after a Mexican sergeant thrust his bayonet through the Texan's heart.

But then . . . . he woke up. A cabin somewhere, with no windows. Strange men explained to him that he was now with the Company, and gave him the same presentation that countless acolytes have received in the years before and after. He was different, too, the same man inside a different body. For whatever reason, the new body possessed Balkan features and spoke perfect Croatian, and so Tristan developed Drago, his Croatian alias for mundane life.

Tristan found a new purpose in the Company. His newfound shapeshifting and warging powers gave him immense joy to exercise. For nearly two hundred years, he has served the Company faithfully, happily hunting down the denizens of evil that plague the dark corners of the world. His birds, though mortal creatures, have been constant companions, and were present when Tristan dealt with a clan of vampires present at Gettysburg and slew a ghoul feeding on Berlin Wall jumpers. His current bird is the raven Davy Crockett, named after his famous brother-in-arms at the Alamo, who has been with him for five years.

At present, Tristan is one of the more veteran members of the company, especially where other Operators are concerned. He serves as something of a tutor in that regard, helping the new initiates to control and master their various powers.

Powers: Tristan is a shapeshifter and a warg. His power centers around the ability to (briefly) take the form of animals that he comes into contact with. Regular humans can also be imitated, although with much less success and for a much shorter period. His shapeshifting works like so: say Tristan comes into contact with a cat. He can take its form for four or five minutes, becoming, in all physical respects, the cat, but maintaining his full sentience and consciousness. This ability is extremely useful for reconnaissance purposes, as Tristan could scout an area relatively easily while in the form of a different creature. Humans are much more taxing; he can only maintain their shapes for twenty or thirty seconds at most, with limited success, as a break in concentration might cause the human doppelganger to shimmer, revealing Tristan's true form.

He is also a warg, which means he can indirectly seize control of animals with whom he has a deep emotional bond. At present this is limited solely to his pet raven, Davy Crockett. Tristan has kept a long succession of birds over the years, all of which he has been deeply attached to, and shared many adventures with. His ability to 'warg' Davy Crockett has very obvious benefits to reconnaissance missions.

Strengths: Aside from having nearly two centuries to master his warging and shapeshifting powers, Tristan has never lost his Texas charm, even though he's a Croat now. He's got a winning smile and a certain kooky charisma that makes him a superb conversationalist. Moving unheard and unseen, whether in human form or not, is also a notable knack of his.

Weaknesses: While he has the same enhanced physical attributes as everyone else, his actual combat skills are relatively mediocre. Rather spontaneous and disinclined towards complex strategy.
Weapons: Colt .45 Pistol 'Catalina,' with Texas flag engraved on the handle. Catalina fires silver-capped bullets, particularly effective against werewolves. Also carries two Bowie knives.
Position: Operator
Suite: cozy

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