The Tricrescent assassination unit is the remnant of the ancient and much bigger organization which was destroyed in the incident between Drow and a certain surface kingdom. The Crimson Crescent, that was the name of the organization, was a powerful assassin’s guild which trained orphaned Drow children to become messengers of death in the name of the Drow dominion. The training and initiation tests were excruciating so many children died before they ever got a chance to receive their first mission, but this only ensured that the ones who remained were the best of the best.
The three children who would eventually become the Tricrescent were accepted into training after their family was forced to give them away in order to repay a debt incurred upon them by their failed attempt at Drow politics. They were siblings and as such the grandmasters of the guild decided to train them to act as one unit, where each child would cover the weaknesses of other two. This approach showed great results and, if the guild continued to exist, they would probably have risen to great fame and influence in the Drow society.
Alas, some twenty years ago, the Drow attempted a raid on a surface kingdom. They used the Crimson Crescent to locate and eliminate all the influential people in the capital so that once the main force’s offensive began the kingdom would be unable to defend due to chaos. This approach might’ve worked if the party of powerful adventurers wasn’t in the capital at that time. The adventurers managed not only to prevent the deaths of most important targets of the Crimson Crescent, but found a way to reach the realms of Drow and the surface kingdom began to counterstrike.
After a period of bitter fighting the adventurers managed to slay the Drow princess who organized and led the assault on the surface kingdom. The other Drow, deciding to cut their losses, blamed the entire incident on that noble and the Crimson Crescent, allowing the guild to be destroyed by the adventurers as a “gift” of reconciliation. Most assassins were killed and few that survived were banished from Drow dominion. The three siblings were among the survivors.
With the destruction of the guild and their banishment the three not only lost any chance at gaining status among Drow, but they also lost the only place they could call home. With rage seething inside them the three swore revenge against the adventurers responsible for their guild’s destruction. They’ll use every skill taught to them by the masters of the Crimson Crescent to find and kill each adventurer, one by one, until there’s none left.
They named their unit “the Tricrescent” as a reminder of their roots. Don’t misunderstand, though. The three don’t seek revenge for some sentimental reason such as “to avenge fallen comrades”. No, they want to make a show of their strength. If they eliminate the party which the whole guild couldn’t their fame would spread throughout the world, and not only Drow, but powerful people in every nation in the world would seek their skill.
For years, the Tricrescent has been hunting down the adventurers. They also did assassinations on the side for money. Now, their revenge is nearly complete and their fame is already beginning to spread far and wide. Ivan Tanner, the last surviving member of the heroic party of adventurers, is in the city of Berlena. Just one more piece and the first great mission of the Tricrescent will be complete.
Khoros Undarsal
The oldest sibling, Khoros is ruthlessly pragmatic. He is both the brain and the brawn of the trio, the one who evaluates and accepts contracts, concocts plans for assassinations and makes sure that the younger, mentally unstable siblings don’t do something that all three would regret. Khoros is ready to trample over anything and anyone to achieve his goals. No promise is too sacred, no bond too great. None, that is, except for the blood bong to his siblings, for which he’d go the end of the world to save.
Tall and muscular, Khoros possesses what you’d call a stereotypical fighter’s appearance. He keeps his hair trimmed short and has a scar going from his left ear across his cheek to the left edge of his mouth. His face rarely shows emotions and when it does it looks like he’s just badly imitating something he saw others do. He speaks calmly with an icy voice which he never raises unless there’s practical need to (when there is noise in the surroundings, for example, to make sure he’s heard).
Khoros is master of melee combat. He’s fond of using sword and shield, but he’s familiar with almost any melee weapon. He’s not above fighting dirty and regularly coats his weapons in various poisons his brother Ivazzu makes. Even weaponless he is not an easy target in close quarters combat as he is proficient in martial arts. His strength and reflexes are excellent, but you wouldn’t really call him a strength-oriented person.
Yirvene Undarsal
The middle sibling, Yirvene, is, shortly put, a psychopath. Bloodthirsty without limit, she loves to see her victims suffer. Unlike Khoros, who uses poison to end the fight quickly and make sure the target is dead, Yirvene coats her arrows and daggers in poison which would put those afflicted in as much pain as possible. She doesn’t hold affection for anyone, not out of pragmatism, but simply because she is sadistic sociopath. In fact, the only reason she still sticks around her siblings is because their current goals are the same and due to her fear of Khoros. Once Ivan is dead gods only know what she’ll do.
Yirvene’s hair is shaped in punk style, with left side of her head clearly shaven while the hair on the right is shoulder length, with few braids. Her bangs, combed rightwards, cover the right side of her face. This is less out of Yirvene’s sense of fashion and more to hide the hideous scar she got after grandmaster spilled hot oil over her as a punishment for insubordination. Yirvene tried to dye her hair, but for some reason the colour didn’t stick and now she only has few purple strands. Her body is athletic, with well shaped muscles. Her emotions are always clear from her behavior. Whether she’s happy or angry, you’ll know it
Yirvene is master of bow and arrow and expert with daggers. She also knows few low levels spells to increase accuracy and deadliness of her arrows, as well as to improve her ability to hide. She is also the best of the three at stealth and larceny. Lastly, she’s the group’s torturer, a position she is immensely proud of.
Ivazzu Undarsal
Due to the constant bullying and abuse at the hands of Yirvene, the youngest sibling Ivazzu grew to be shy and introverted. However he also developed an irrational drive for self-preservation which manifests when he feels threatened. He will start acting crazy and grow violent against the object of his fears to the point of forsaking all other goals. This makes him the least predictable out of all three siblings and often Khoros had to re-think his plans due to Ivazzu’s outbursts messing them up. When he isn’t suffering one of his episodes, Ivazzu likes to read books and play with his pet rat Kovot, whom he considers his best and only friend.
At first glance thin and weak due to always keeping his head down and avoiding contact with others, Ivazzu’s body is actually quite athletic and sufficiently fit for anything his job as an assassin might demand him to do. His hair is long and unkept. His body is covered in tattoos painted with special magic-infused ink which boosts the power of his spells. When he speaks it is in a low tone and he often stutters, unless he is suffering one of his episodes when he becomes loud and speaks fluidly.
Ivazzu is a necromancer, though he is less concerned with raising the dead and speaking to ghost, and is more adept at creating magical diseases, inflicting wounds upon enemies, weakening them and using the life-force from their blood to heal himself and his allies. Aside from magic Ivazzu is good with alchemy and he regularly concocts poisons and explosives for his siblings to use. He is also good at handling animals.
Here are the Drow. My formating might suck, I'm still getting used to the controls on this forum.
Friend from another forum invited me to come here and after having this place bookmarked for a few weeks I decided to check it out.
I've been RPing on forums for some 5 to 6 years now and I love both free form RPing as well as using tabletop systems. I don't have any strong preference for genre and setting, I can work with anything if it seems cool to me (though I like original stories than those based on some book/movie/series). That said, I prefer to GM rather than to RP.
I'm mostly confident in my English, except for articles. I regularly fuck up those. Hope you'll be understanding.
