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Raz’Kul

Raz’Kul is a highly trained assassin and spy, turned thief, but he is truly lost! Raz’Kul has the highest bounty ever known on the planet, Dead Or Alive.

Raz’Kul believes in magic! That's because he is trying hard (and failing) to forget that he once owned a magical sword. Forgetting should be simple, given that he's been poisoned, fallen from a rooftop, landed on his head, and lost his memory?

Raz’Kul is one of the most brilliant minds on the planet and is being hunted down by pretty much everyone.

Most people don’t know Raz’Kul’s true crimes. The list is so long that they’d need an entire book to list them! His latest crime was in stealing a battered copper lamp from the King, containing a magical Genii? Raz’Kul has only one wish, and there’s no guarantee that his wish will even come true?

Raz’Kul’s one wish is to ‘Save The World’? Because it seems that the world might need some saving?

Although he would never admit it, if Raz’Kul were to have a second wish, it would be that this one single statement was a lie:

The Dark Is A Cold Lonely Shadow!

Raz’Kul is so lonely!

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Thelmos

Thelmos is a highly trained assassin and spy, turned Historian, but she is truly lost! Thelmos has the highest bounty ever known in the ‘All The Universes’, Dead Or Dead.

Thelmos doesn’t believe in magic, only in technology that she doesn’t yet understand. And this technology seems a lot like magic to her? Why are some of the most advanced races in All The Universes running about with ‘magic’ swords? When they could easily destroy the entire planet?

Thelmos is one of the most brilliant minds in All The Universes and is being hunted down by pretty much everyone.

They now only bother to list Thelmos’s top fifty crimes, which are enough to explain the ‘Kill On Sight’ orders from two peace-faring races that (only in her case) have decided to bring back the death sentence. The Midnight aren’t peace-faring and would happily destroy an entire planet if they thought that even one of the billions of lives they killed in the process might be Thelmos.

Thelmos’s latest crime was in saving a boy's life by preventing him from biting his nails after handling a poisonous frog?

If Thelmos were to have one wish, even if there were no guarantee that it would come true?

Thelmos’s one wish would be to ‘Save All The Universes’. Because it seems that All The Universes might need some saving?

Although she would never admit it, if Thelmos were to have a second wish, it would be that this one single statement was a lie:

The Dark Is A Cold Lonely Shadow!

Thelmos is so lonely.

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The Reaper

The Reaper is a highly trained assassin and spy, turned Demon, but I’m truly lost! I had the highest bounty ever known at some point, Dead Or Dead! I found that hilarious. I mean, I’m The Reaper? I’m already dead? I was kind of busy killing at the time, so it took me four days to kill the idiot who put a bounty on my head! Of course The Reaper believes in magic? Given that I’m a Demon? I’m not one of the most brilliant minds ever known, well, unless it comes to killing, of course! I mean, I’m The Reaper? When it comes to killing, there’s nobody even close to my level! It’s what I do? I’m a killer! I kill, and I kill, and I kill! Again and again and again! I’m being hunted down by a surprising number of idiots. I’m kind of busy killing at the moment? I’ll kill the rest of you when I have time. It’d be much simpler if you tracked me down so that I don’t have to track you down. All this running about and killing people is quite exhausting you know! I do have a busy schedule!

Nobody could list my crimes? There simply wouldn’t be enough paper? I have no idea how many people I’ve killed, but it’s a lot! And I love stealing things! I’ve committed so many crimes it’s ridiculous!

My latest crime was in not killing one of my targets! Seriously? I kind of liked him, so I let him go. And I saved my summoner's life? I hate my summoners, and yet I saved her life? I’m a killer! But, in my defence, she was a powerful witch! She cast a spell on me with her eyes. She had the most beautiful eyes, and for some reason, my summoner wasn’t scared of me? Whenever I moved to kill her, I met her eyes, then became confused! So I didn’t kill her in the end, and she didn't kill me!

If I were to have one wish, and even if there were no guarantees that my wish would come true?

My one wish would be to ‘Just leave me in peace?' Because you’re all insane! I mean, seriously? What the hell is wrong with the world?

I’m happy to admit it; if I were to have a second wish, it would be that this one single statement was a lie.

The Dark Is A Cold Lonely Shadow!

I’m so lonely!

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Avery / Woe Is Me

Avery is a highly trained smuggler and lookout, turned Demon, but she is truly lost! She has the lowest bounty ever known in Port Amarice, Alive. The West Side Dockers tried to mug her, then regretted it. The leader of all the Dockers gathered all of the gangs and converged on her. He regretted that, but to be fair, it was more like he launched himself into her fist! But now there are some serious people hunting Avery down! Assassin's! And a real Demon! 

Avery believes in magic, because it sounds so cool. Her girlfriend has eyes that light up with purple lightning when she kisses her! But Avery won’t be kissing Reva again! Reva cheated on her with her adopted father! How messed up is that? And all the Dockers now think she's a Demon called Woe Is Me!

Avery’s not one of the most brilliant minds anywhere. Avery’s mind is broken! Avery is different! Avery has difficulty reading! Avery has a ‘condition’! Avery has ‘episodes’! Well, no wonder she has episodes? She loved Reva, but then it turned out that she'd been having an affair with her adopted father? And when she had an 'episode', her real father beat her, threw her down the stairs, and then locked her in the basement? What do you expect? An episode? They can't even comprehend the depths of one of Avery's episodes! Only the crew understood the depths of Avery's darkness! And that darkness is consuming her!

Few people knew that Avery was a smuggler, but many knew about Avery’s other crimes! Avery has anger issues! Avery is barred from twelve different taverns over seven ports, and she’s barred from even setting foot in two of those ports! Getting barred from a port without ending up in jail is pretty impressive! She's still paying back the bribes it cost to get her out of jail on both occasions. Avery’s latest crime was punching a Port Authority who tried to extort shards from her. They tried to charge her for swimming into port?

If Avery had only one wish, and even if there was no guarantee that her wish would even come true?

Avery’s one wish would be that she were normal. That she could take it all back? That she could go back to the ship, where she was safe, and the rest of the world was safe from her. Where she could be with Reva again?

That was more than one wish! Well Avery doesn't work that way! Because Avery is different! She didn’t think like everyone else? I mean, you can't just decide on one wish?

As Avery heard the words spoken, they’d sent a shiver down her spine! If Avery were to have a second wish, it would be that this one single statement was a lie:

The Dark Is A Cold Lonely Shadow!

Avery is so lonely!