Name: Gabriel Averis
Occupation: Ralkin member.
Age: 35
Description: Gabriel was a fifteen year man in the Port Lorrel Miltia, he rose to the captain's rank through the virtue of his intelligence and ruthlessness both in inter-city squabbles and in the field. His success didn't last however, during his rise he'd grown corrupted by the opportunities that being an authority figure presented. Investigators inevitably uncovered evidence of the young captain taking brides, leading his men to hit caravans and working backalley deals with some of the more disreputable elements that the city had to offer. Although Gabriel was able to beat the charges against him (by calling in a lot of favours from certain businessmen whose crooked transactions he'd 'overlooked') his reputation was permanently tainted and he was eventually forced to leave the milita anyway. Soon after, he was offered a 'business manager' job by Alec Fredriel, which presented the perfect opportunity for the corrupted Captain to make the most of the skills he'd acquired during his service. Gabriel's military mind invariably made him the rock the storm of The Red Rose swirled around, that was, until the intervention of Jamie Porter and her daring theft of one of his employer's new 'acquisitions'; namely a certain kobold by the name of Tamina. The fat man's fetish for 'cat-girls' led his employee to chase the pair all the way to the Southern Continent, where the situation quickly spiraled out of control.
Upon landing, Gabriel found himself in the middle of a plague that was spreading like wild-fire throughout the region. The plague was, in reality, a complex spell controlled by a group of dark-magic dabblers called 'The Ralkin'. The plague's effects turned the sufferers into 'ferals', essentially warping them into bestial, rabid monsters who were highly hostile and passed the infection on by scratching or biting the uninfected. The whole affair was coordinated by the Ralkin utilization of an ancient artifact which allowed them to 'direct' the monsters into regimented action against the settlements in the area.
In short, Gabriel became one of the infected, but Fucilious' keen observation recognized the ex-captain as a man he could use for something more important than rampaging around and pummeling hapless townsfolk to death. The Ralkin leader brought Gabriel to the group's home while was in the early stages of the plague's symptoms and instead turned the man into one of his experiments. Gabriel was implanted with various artifacts woven with magic, and re-made into something more monster than man.
Although initially under Fucilious' total control due to his connection to the 'plague crystal', the effect was short-lived as Jamie and Tamina arrived at the Ralkin base and shattered the source of the magical infection. Freed from the Ralkin's control and gifted with new strength and endurance, Gabriel's first action was to return to Port Lorrel and murder his old employer in cold blood. Shortly after, he was contacted again by the then group-less Fucilious, and convinced to become an employee of the Ralkin in exchange for further power and influence.
Appearance: Grim faced with a strong jawline, appears gnarled even in his thirties, stands tall at 6"2 and in good physical condition. Gabriel looked like the kind of man people would be reluctant to argue with, much less start a fight with, before his 'operation'. Now Gabriel's body is a patchwork of ugly scars (usually only the furrow on his neck is visible when clothed) and his eyes appear utterly dead. He has a humourless, flat voice to match how he looks.
Skills: Gabriel was a talented swordsman and a good shot with a firearm due to his long service in organised military and life in the corrupted underbelly of Port Lorrel. Since his renovation by Fucilious, Gabriel is possessed of much greater strength and powerful regenerative capabilities*.
*- As in, he took a bullet to the brain and got up a few minutes later in the southern continent thread. But don't panic! There is a way to kill him... but we'll save that for later.
