[hider=Anastasia Velcroth, the pious huntress] [center] [img]https://i.pinimg.com/736x/b1/bf/f9/b1bff962f7ec2d26f388a5adc7a1c793--vampire-hunter-d-fantasy-art.jpg[/img] [h3] We are the vanguard of God's retribution, and shall cleanse this land of it's plague of sin. [/h3] [h1] Anastasia Velcroth [/h1] [b]Age:[/b] 38 [b]Weapon of choice:[/b] Judgement and Wraith *Elegent embroided blunderbuss *Custom silver poleaxe [b]Armor of choice:[/b] An ornamental steel chestplate hugs her chest, golden lines forming the Ballanger family crest in the centre, protecting her along with plain steel bracers, greaves, plate boots and small shoulder guards. Beneath she wears a thick dark leather attire that covers nearly all of her body save her hands. Over it all she wears a flowing black silk cloak and a pilgrim top hat, presenting an image closer to a lady knight on parade than a fierce, gruff hunter. The pious outfit a central part of her public image. [b]Personality:[/b] In public Ani is kind and determined, fair and firm, a pious lady that goes against everything a hunter or family muscle is often seen to be. Ever since joining the Ballanger family as a personnal hunter and enforcer, Anastasia has gone out of her way to promote a heroic image, using common con man tactics to make her seem more virtuous than the situation actually is. Be it agitating groups of vampires at innocent families and then coming to their defence at just the right moment, giving peasent land owners "discounts" from jacked up prices, or even staging a mock argument before them, defending them against the greedy estate dealer to get them a better deal. In her spare time she marches through the political world, preaching a pious image of hunters, extoling them to be virtuous defenders, praising the level headedness and generosity of her patron family, and even actively donating and promoting charitable work for the poor, presenting herself as a defender of the common man. In battle she is tactical and fierce, leading heroic charges against dark forces, or so she pays the bards to say. Beneath her public persona, she is a cold, weary monster like any other, nihilistic and ruthless, but not sadistic, though she adores anything dramatic that might peak her interest in her grey life. What warmth she has she reserves soley for her hunters, for they followed her this far, and her patron family. For them she does anything, assassination, sabotage, political machinations. Their personnal "hell hound", shrouded in the cloak of God. [b]History:[/b] Nobody knows where she came from, a foreignor hired out of the blue by the Ballanger family, immediately proving her swordhand in the hunter community when she lead a raid on a notorious vampire compound in the forests. All that is known is that in little time she became a notable political voice, starting a new minor trend of pious disciline among the hunters, even establishing her own personal guard of devout fighters, for now only consisting of 10. Known as the Blessed Ballanger Guard, they wear a signature black and gold leather armor (designed by Villiame), faces shrouded, doning her iconic pilgrim hat, a fanatical uptight lot that patrol the estates of the Ballanger family, spreading her piety. Many among the hunter community resent her presence, the lower ranks seeing her as a killjoy and veteran hunters eyeing her as little more than a paper soldier, a pretty face riding on the fears and hopes of the oppressed commoners, a sham. They're only half right. [b]Strengths:[/b] Unholy strength: A wolf in sheeps clothing. Stealth: Years before in the criminal world has given her some raiding skills. Swordwomen: Although in public she bears her righteous poleaxe, which she handles with moderate affinity, she's actually skilled in the longsword, and knows her way with it. Politician: Years as a con have proven useful in the court. [b]Weaknesses:[/b] Drama queen: Intoxicated by her newfound popularity, she never misses a chance to show off her "virtues", earning the resentment of many. Hysterical: To cross her is to invite a blind fury that she often trips over. Coward: She has no concept of honor and no shame in running when victory is not assured, pushing others in harms way. Not a hunter: Anastasia has very little experience actually fighting monsters firsthand, more of a manhunter at best, and will delegate the actual hunting to others. And take all the credit. [/center] [/hider] [hider=Blessed Ballanger Guard] [center] [img]https://i.pinimg.com/564x/d2/f5/bc/d2f5bc79ffccf4ccfa714c5ad08f8c80.jpg[/img] [h3] For the Ballangers, under God and King. And for the Lady [/h3] [b]History[/b] Much like their mysterious leader, the Blessed Ballanger Guard appeared out of nowhere, sometime shortly after Anastasia's arrival and her successful raid of the vampire compound. Some say they were already there with her. Either way, eight initially, with two recruited into the ranks from the city of Rothenburg later on, the Ballanger's personal hunters are the foundation of Anastasia's reputation and strength, serving as her operational arm, carrying out her orders with loyalty, though not without a fair handful of bitching, as many observors humerously note. Still, they serve admirably, quickly gaining a reknown for their lightening hit and run raids upon brigands and vampires throughout the country-side and capital. Ironically, for their fierce reputation, many of them are remarkably small in stature, and those who have seen their faces note their pale youth. They often converse in their foreign tongue amongst themselves, and unlike Anastasia, they carry over accents when they speak the common language of the Kingdom. Little is known about individual members save their first names, as they largely keep to themselves and their faces well hidden. [b]Equipment[/b] Much like Antasia, they carry a robust blunderbuss or flintlock rifle, a polearm of somekind, and longswords. They also carry with them a variety of utility equipment, such as signal bombs, potions of all kind, spyglass, trap wires, and so on. 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