Because someone must come up with new ways to kill.

Baugl, lost in the darkness beneath Hydra keep. Would that he had stayed in the shadow.

Despite his great power, this mage desperately wishes that he was just average, so people would stop trying to plant axes in his back.

A vampire Blood Doll, her master, and the workshop they share

Unique among the sea monsters that infest the oceans of Acqua, this abomination is cursed with a hunger for power that can never be satisfied.

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Andrew Wells is a reluctant outlaw, and this former royal singer has become one of the most unlikely members that ever joined an outlaw band.

"I can acquire the item you seek, for a price… No I assure you the presence of dark tainted evils will in no way impede my ability to recover this artifact for you, now let’s discuss the details…"

(A character for the Warhammer Fantasy rpg setting, but can be easily adapted to any fantasy setting.)

Codex

Unkown to anybody but a handful of people, this pretender has taken over a superpower and is leading it into a disastrous war to serve the interests of his foul god, Ma-O, the Great Demon of the Ocean

Quest

"Their so-called god, it is claimed, loves, and thus love is their virtue.  Foolishness!  Love is only fear of loss, and fear is among the keenest of weapons in our arsenal.  Let us turn their virtue onto itself, and draw more souls into the Devouring Maw."
- The Paragon, address to his Overlords, in the second year of the Sectarian Wars

Quest

Within a palace that is also a prison, Muggar the White Despiser wages war against the light, seeking to make all mortals his slaves.

Codex

"Tonight, this city shall be purged for it’s sins. They will all die, they will all burn. And in the end, not even death will stop their torment." -Ambrosia

Quest

‘Don’t you go foolin around in the fens buy. Moeder Moeras don’t care none if you mean no offence or just want to fill your wicker creel with fish. She’ll have your guts for fishnets and your bones for soup.’

Paulis the Riverguide

Quest

After succesfully killing his father in a military coup, for power, the self styled "Lord" Miranor, grabbed the reigns of control from his father, and began his military dictatorship.

Quest

"We, who carry the weight of an empire. We, who break our backs that others might rest easily! We, who will be slaves no longer! Rise, my friends! Rise against the injustices done to you!"

Quest

"Daddy, daddy, why arent you moving answer me daddy" Kamira wept as she hugged her fathers cold body blood already congealing where the assassins dagger had been thrust.

A wanderer at heart, and a highly skilled blade.
Hiraken now wanders through the forest, protecting it from those who seek to harm it while at the same time lending aid to travelers and warriors alike.

"Did a BEAR just jump out of that mans backpack?!?"
"Yes sir, I believe it did."

I need the shoe ads put in before the table of contents, and put the perfume ads behind the letters to the editor, don’t make me get the Sanderson data again on ad placement, and where in the blazes is my double-latte?

Ariel Kincaid, VP of Glitter Magazine

Princess Helen of Grond is one of the most beautiful princesses on the planet…if, that is, you happen to be an Orc.

A young Kumbra seeking knowledge from humans and fulfilling the unlikely roll of protector of a trade route.

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