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[indent][indent][indent][indent][indent][justify][color=808080]Agamen had taken his seat on the western side of the mess hall, away from Juno's dubious gambling ring, and further still from the accursed. Near him, some of the other new arrivals were nervously surveying their surrounds, apart from a veiled woman and her male companion possessing the same amber hues, both of whom had been brought in with Agamen and observed the chaos around them deliberately. 

Being close to so much fur and fang caused him to subconsciously lean into his cellmate. Faithless he might have been, he still had the soul of a man, just a wayward one, unlike these demons. To think, he would no longer have a soldier’s burial, but his bones would lie with abominations. It almost made a flicker of righteousness scorch away his defeat.

His garrulous guardian was doing something he’d just advised Agamen against, and spilling his Great Sin like idle gossip. It was theatrical and clearly three steps removed from Marcellus’s heart as he regaled the man, something about seducing the wrong rich client’s wife, then being framed for her murder when the husband slew her in a rage. ([/color]"There's a lot I've done for rich men like him that should've put us all here, but in the end, I was condemned for love." [color=#424d8c]"Love?"[/color] [color=808080]Agamen probed.[/color] "A [i]mythic [/i]ass," [color=808080]Marcellus amended.)

Whatever the true story was, Marcellus's lifestyle had condemned him, and Agamen held him to full judgement. Silently, as the slitted pupils on him had him in want of a friend. The commotion coming from the other side of the room had him distracted from thinking too deeply on his conflicted feelings about his guide. A wretched looking snake, his tail bent and dry, had his twiggy arms up trying to calm two behemoths, a man and that lion that had bumped him before. Marcellus leaned back on his stool and hummed.[/color]

"Mmm, there he is... Jaxon the Cyclops. Hey, don't repeat what I say if you want a chance of joining his little gang. He's sensitive," [color=808080]he advised, then squinted,[/color] "Don't know scales. Must be new. Oh, but [i]her[/i] - that's Castor." [color=808080]His eyes brightened and Agamen knew why Marcellus deemed her worth remembering.[/color] "Weird one, that. She spends half her time in here [i]praying[/i]. You don't see accursed communing with the gods often. Rumor has it, she casts miracles."

[color=808080]Agamen's jaw twitched.[/color] [color=#424d8c]"It must be just that. The gods wouldn't permit it," [/color] [color=808080]he murmured, turning from the scene with disgust. Marcellus's lips curled.[/color]

"A lot happens down here that I don't think the gods are permitting."

[color=808080]A rough laugh rose above the rest of the crowd at Juno's table and beckoned Agamen's attention. Among the humans was a silhouette he had glazed over, either because it was smaller or... his mind had erased it, because it was too depraved to be true.[/color][/justify][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent]

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[indent][indent][indent][indent][indent][justify][color=#9e1e1e][b]"HA![/b] Hand it allllll over, suckers!"[/color] [color=808080]Clawed hands stomped across the table, swiping up the contraband and gold that had been gambled.[/color] [color=#9e1e1e]"I could clean you lot out with my hands tied, miserable fucks. Ceci, what are you doing, I could smell your bluff before I saw it. Lay off the beans and bloodroot. I'm 'bout to pay the whips for you to gas up solitary."[/color]

[color=808080]A cocky laugh tore from a mouth of sharp teeth. The accursed's face was round and furry, a nasty scar running down it and tugging his lips up to show off a golden fang permanently. He jumped from the table, onto his chair, landing again on his hands. The accursed had no legs.[/color] [color=#9e1e1e]"Any sore losers want your shit back, you arm wrestle me for it,"[/color] [color=808080]he hooted, then settled back with satisfaction. Until his gaze caught someone across the hall. Human, ragged, his unruly hair and beard turned blood red from dust, dust that had settled in the harsh crags around his eyes. Eyes like The Sky Father's fury, blue as a sea storm, which were looking at the accursed... well, like they were asking to be torn the fuck out.[/color]

[color=#9e1e1e]"Heyo, Juni,"[/color] [color=808080]he picked up a bone from his meal, which had a notable bit more meat than any other plate, and crunched down. Shattering it and ripping right through to the marrow. [/color][color=#9e1e1e]"Who the [i][b]hell[/b][/i] is that?"[/color][/justify][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent]

[hider=NPCs mentioned][table][row][cell][justify][center][h3][sup][b][color=bf8c50]M A R C E L L U S[/color][/b][/sup][/h3][img]https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/9fd65145d33e.jpg[/img][/center][hr][hider=Story][center][h3][sup][sub]human | 31 | warfare | charisma | lore[/sub][/sup][/h3][/center][color=808080]A charming mercenary with a soldier's upbringing that finds himself on death's row for a murder he uncharacteristically didn't do... or was it didn't get paid for? He's popular with the ladies and disarms most conflicts with a smile - but his eyes hold the dull, superficial glint of the coin his sword-arm swears fealty to.

[i]penned by CabbageAngel[/i][/color][/hider][/justify][/cell][cell]
[justify][center][h3][sup][b][color=bf8c50]B A N E[/color][/b][/sup][/h3][img]https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/59c0878c2227.jpg[/img][/center][hr][hider=Story][center][h3][sup][sub]accursed | 26 | warfare | plunder | curse of twin moons[/sub][/sup][/h3][/center][color=808080]A foolhardy, braggadacious leonine Accursed, and leader of the Fanged Pride gang in the lowest level of Bloodsand Gaol. A former highwayman with an unparalleled skill in brawling and grappling.

[i]penned by ThePigOrcEmpire[/i][/color][/hider][/justify][/cell][cell]
[justify][center][h3][sup][b][color=bf8c50]J U N O[/color][/b][/sup][/h3][img]https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/1ca933a472fc.jpg[/img][/center][hr][hider=Story][center][h3][sup][sub]human | 28 | skullduggery | charisma | plunder[/sub][/sup][/h3][/center][color=808080]Entertainer, acrobat, charlatan. Juno is the unofficial quartermaster and croupier within the lowest level of Bloodsand Gaol. A natural-born liar who tells a different tale every time she is asked about her Great Sin.

[i]penned by ThePigOrcEmpire[/i][/color][/hider][/justify][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][justify][center][h3][sup][b][color=bf8c50]J A X O N[/color][/b][/sup][/h3][img]https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/fb20dc7f25ed.jpg[/img][/center][hr][hider=Story][center][h3][sup][sub]human  | 41 | warfare | handicraft[/sub][/sup][/h3][/center][color=808080]Also known as Jaxon One-Eyed or Jaxon the Cyclops; both of which he utterly despises. A short-tempered, belligerent berserker from the Free Marches, Jaxon leads the Ironhand gang in the lowest level of Bloodsand Gaol.

[i]penned by ThePigOrcEmpire[/i][/color][/hider][/justify][/cell][cell]
[justify][center][h3][sup][b][color=bf8c50]C A S T O R[/color][/b][/sup][/h3][img]https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/4ff66c31c1a7.jpg[/img][/center][hr][hider=Story][center][h3][sup][sub]accursed | 23 | miracles | skullduggery | plunder | curse of dragon (poison)[/sub][/sup][/h3][/center][color=808080]A cold, crypt-dwelling satyr ranger from the Empire's frontiers. Performs miracles of holy, undead-repelling magicks - but all for the personal gain of looting tombs. Has a small crow griffin companion named Mica that helps her seek out shinies.

[i]penned by CabbageAngel[/i][/color][/hider][/justify][/cell][cell]
[justify][center][h3][sup][b][color=bf8c50]T H E[/color][color=2e2c2c]..[/color] [color=bf8c50]P L A G U E S[/color][/b][/sup][/h3][img]https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/d41a57bfcbd7.jpg[/img][/center][hr][hider=Story][center][h3][sup][sub]human | 30s | occult | skullduggery | handicraft[/sub][/sup][/h3][/center][color=808080]??????

[i]penned by ThePigOrcEmpire and CabbageAngel[/i][/color][/hider][/justify][/cell][/row][/table][/hider]

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