Gang Blackmarsh [WiP]

Iron Belly Gang is the perfect example of the old saying “what you see is what you get,” and what you get is a self-absorbed meathead. Her entire 6’4” tall body is a canvas for toughness and athleticism, covered in muscles and scars from the shoulders down as it is. She wears her past as hired muscle on her skin and is more than proud to show it off with her sense of style. Gang’s day to day outfits are as simple and as rough around the edges as she is: belted, loose-necked tunics with the sleeves ripped off to properly display her breasts and biceps, snug breeches that cut off above the knee to show off her wooden left leg, and very simple shoes. During the winter she’ll bundle up in layers, but those layers will always be tight-fitting to remind the world of her killer muscles. The only part of her body she doesn’t display is the iron-hard stomach that her alias derives from, though she makes up for that by constantly inviting her toughest customers to give her a good punch in the guts!

Gang’s wooden leg, which joins the stump under her left knee with a wrap of bright red cloth, is a very impressive piece of artistry. It was carved from cherry wood to be a perfect mirror of her right leg, inlaid with brass details of savage bears, and lacquered until it took on a decadent shine. Because she stands behind a bar most of the day it’s an easy feature to miss, but most who catch a glimpse of it tend to let out a whistle.

Despite her size, her wooden leg, and a set of strikingly yellow eyes, however, the most memorable feature of Iron Belly Gang is her grin. It’s an artful grin, her lips twisted just so to deliver a most potent sense of “this-is-the-most-smug-and-troublesome-woman-I-will-ever-meet” a person can get. Her devilish grin is the face she constantly wears and its influence stretches to every muscled nook and cranny of her person. Gang is a brute, a brawler, and she carries herself with all the cocksure arrogance that she can manage. Which is a lot.

Gang’s appearance reflects much of her personality, but the more time you spend around her the more quirks come to the surface. Regulars at her Iron Belly Inn, for example, know that she can drink any man or woman under the table no matter what their size, and that that’s the second reason behind her alias of “Iron Belly Gang.” They also know she’s a sugary-sweet romantic on the inside who loves to play matchmaker and dream of the day she’ll meet her dreamboat: a man with a beard so dense it could catch and crush bullets.

Her regulars are also regaled with a lot of her “true stories” from the days she worked as hired muscle for traveling. Most involve brutal and bloody tales of how she single-handedly brought down an aman arakh or legions of thugs or swarms of bandits, but every so often she gets to tell her favourite story of all…the story of her birth.

You see, Rosalind Fiona Blackmarsh was a mongrel of a little girl born to two well-to-do merchants who wanted to make a proper lady of her. The story of her youth is actually a typical, lacklustre bildungsroman of a little tomboy whose parents tried to turn her into a lady. She bought a weight set, found herself when she caught her joyous reflection on a shining, sweaty bicep, and proved to her family that her happiness could be found only in punches and a new name that suited her punches.

So Gang prefers to tell things a little differently, because everybody and their dog seems to have a heartwarming coming-of-age story. According to Gang, she was first conceived in the heart of a volcano during the formation of the earth. Cradled by roiling magma and the rhythm of tectonic shifts, she grew – but at that time she was a he. When the gods came together to destroy the Terrible Evil Empire and save the world, they knew they were not strong enough – they needed a weapon to strengthen their cause. And thus Gang awoke to heed their call and bestow upon them the mightiest gift of the mightiest power: his manhood. And that is how Iron Belly Gang vanished from the world, to return once more as the mortal female child named Rosalind.

Hearing that story is the best way for a person to know what they’re getting themselves into by hanging around Gang. She’s a meathead who’s crude, self-absorbed, very frank, and self-absorbed. She is also incredibly self-absorbed. The woman thinks she’s a godly gift to the world, for crying out loud! Not even a shameful defeat in a battle that cost her part of her left leg taught Gang a lesson in humility. She just took it as her opportunity to set up a joint where she could feed folks, give them a place to stay, and bore them to death with her stories.

With all that said, however, there is no denying that Gang is a true child of Hryst and follower of Brynne. She has a strong sense for family values, and after spending years traveling around as a set of fists for hire she has learned to see those she surrounds herself with as her family. Her inn is located in Lower Aster and while she has a good few regulars, she sees her fair share of travelers as well. All of these people are her family the moment they set foot under her roof, a truth that becomes much stronger in the dead of winter. When resources grow scarce, Gang always has a little something extra to share thanks to her parents’ wealth and support. She’ll make a little extra room, serve out extra helpings free of charge when it’s needed, and try to care for as many bodies as she can. Though generosity seems like a quality that would conflict with her overall personality, it’s something that comes naturally to her and it’s the only good quality she possesses that she doesn’t boast of. Gang visits the nearest house of prayer as often as she can with her busy schedule, to say prayers to Brynne for the many people who pass through the Iron Belly Inn and beg her to watch over them during their journeys. She’s just a natural mama hen – one that’s arrogant, sure, but also warm and kind and absolutely terrifying if you mess with one of her chicks.


LIKES:

• Herself. A lot.
• Exercise and keeping in shape.
• Drinking.
• Warm food.
• Heavy blankets.

DISLIKES:

• Being ignored.
• Sexism.
• Her patrons not taking proper care of themselves.
• Arrogant people, ironically enough.
• Cowards.

GOALS & SECRETS:

• goal::: To meet the bearded love of her life who will help her run her inn.
• secret::: She has an intense and constant fear that she will fail as an innkeeper, that the Iron Belly will have to be shut down some day and its doors barred to needy folk and travelers alike. Failure is her biggest fear, and considering the amount of people she feeds and shelters and the amount of financial help her parents gave her at the start of her business venture, Gang worries constantly about what would happen if she were to lose her inn.

This is a very, very specific section. We allow our players to create their own, original abilities or 'gifts' given to them by the deities of each country of origin. But you must keep these things in mind:

--1. Your abilities can NOT be ridiculously OP (as stated in rules). Be creative. Everyone wants to be the strongest person in the world. Leave room for weaknesses.

--2. Your abilities MUST suit the country of origin which your character is from. Obviously if your character is from Domhan Tir, they won't be a cyborg ;].

--3. Circle your abilities around one main idea. Don't make your character a master of everything around them. Focus on one subject and create different powers from it. One gift branches out with plenty of abilities.

--4. Don't start off with everything at once. You can make your characters grow and learn new things later on!

--5. gifts only come from the gods - not from any outside source.

required: 2 strengths and 2 weaknesses.


strengths:

• List item 1
• List item 2
• List item 3
• List item 4
• List item 5

weaknesses:

• List item 1
• List item 2
• List item 3
• List item 4
• List item 5

Here, please write out no less than three paragraphs detailing where your character has been in the world of From Dust 'til now. Tell us how they got to where they are today and how they are relating to the plot at-hand of where they're from and where they live. anything of note. If they are gifted, tell us when they got the powers and whether or not they acknolwedge their divinity and explain their relationship to them in regards to their powers.

known family is optional.

known family:

name - age - occupation
name - age - occupation