The brash crack shot of the party. You can usually find him with tobacco in his mouth and a flask in his duster.
- Species
- Ratfolk
- Alignment
- Chaotic Good
- Gender
- Male
- Eyes
- Red
- Hair
- White
- Skin Tone/Pigmentation
- White fur
- Height
- 3' 1"
Zhickkim’s brother Cid, mayor of his town, pissed off the Stoneblast family a few years back. In retaliation, they tried to have him framed for smuggling. Cid deflected these allegations which resulted in Zhickkim taking the fall for it. Rather than coming to his defense and preventing this, he was happy to let Zhicckim take the fall. Zhickkim slaved away in their weapon manufacturing caves in Pickblast Halls for 4 years. Large quantities of weapons were manufactured here. The Stoneblast Family holds the monopoly on this technology, and they are evil. The rest of Midrealm thinks they are amazing. Zhickkim, however, has an antagonistic relationship with the Stoneblast family. They frequently hire assassins to try to kill him. After all, you know the secrets of their weapons and you escaped their clutches.
Zhickkim spent time as a hired gun for a few years until one day he found out someone killed Jebediah Stoneblast in Sorosia. He also found out that the Stoneblast family has since found out who was responsible, and those people have recently been made Lords for services rendered to Sorosia. Zhickkim heard the Stoneblasts were given this information by a guard who came to a family representative of theirs hoping for a reward so long as they don’t turn him into the Sorosian authorities.
Zhickkim further found out that they are planning to hire the Gentlemen and Ladies to assassinate all responsible. They are waiting until the funds can be raised, which might be a couple of years. There are a lot of people to kill after all!
Since Zhickkim has nothing better to do, he figures he’ll find these people first, shake their hand, and offer his assistance.
The name he has is Baroness Quiet Corval.
You lived off the grid and were like Zhickkim and the Beardburner Gang...or something. You are probably known to the people in your area of Midrealm.
He has been holding on to some Sorosia Bank Notes he stole some time ago. Could not use them in Midrealm. He is not wanted in Sorosia. So, he built an Establishment per the Stronghold book. Its purpose is to get rumors and info and a means to do some actual smuggling. Specifically, as a base of operations for hitting Stoneblast establishments/ goods/ coffers, but the saloon is a front.
Another reason he is in Sorosia is to get a fresh start. Good motivation for him is that he knows the scope of what the Stoneblasts are planning.
The Stoneblasts want to supply a vast amount of armaments to both sides of the war. They also HATE Silverlanders. There is a lot of resentment in Midrealm among the dwarves and some of the other people there toward the Silverlands.
Because the Silverlanders destroyed the nations that were the most advanced in the world before the Sorrow War.
Those nations were in Midrealm, which stands on the ruins.
You have seen some weird shit out there on the frontier.
1600-year-old Constructs still laboring away at whatever they were commanded to do. Others went mad from the chaos magic. Undead from ancient battlefields digging themselves out.
Smuggling guns to their business adversaries would also hurt their bottom line.
So, I guess what Galleus will tell the party is that he’d like them to take you on as a partner. That you have funds to invest and that you have an enemy in common who is planning on sending the worst agency in the world after you when they raise the funds.
And I am going to say that Galleus has heard of you. He is always taking the pulse of the world. He also looked into the Stoneblasts after the Jebediah incident and would quickly learn they are evil. He also would have known of you and thought you were cool.
So, when he finds out who you are at your first meeting he would have been instantly like “Oh! Well, now I feel better. I am quite a fan of yours. I always appreciate someone who fights against power-hungry autocrats.”
Stonepick the Prick is his outlaw name. He has a white fur coat. HATED working in the caves because of how dirty he would get. Now that he has the choice, he takes pride in his spotlessness. His eyebrows are pierced as is his nose. He has a goatee and can usually find him with some form of tobacco in his mouth. I was thinking of a way to work that into giving him an advantage, narratively speaking, or why he is adept with firearms. That is why he wears a hat. Not just for looks but because it is practical
Maybe it was a Count of Monte Christo thing. Maybe while he was in servitude, he met a grizzled old dwarf who invented the firearms and taught him how to shoot. The dwarf hated what they had done with his invention and basically trains you and then helps you escape.
His two pistols are 4 shot hand cannons. They are the only two he ever made. He told Stoneblast about them and told them that he helped you escape Then he blew himself up so no one would know the secret. That was Jebediah’s son, who had just started taking over the running of the mines.
And when your dwarf friend—His name was Kletus Crankshot—blew himself up he tried to take out Jebediah, but he got away with half his face burned. And he has been your rival ever since. Iconic villain!
He is Jebediah Jr. But they call him “Halfbeard”
YOU know how to make the revolvers. And you have the only two ever made.
Zhickkim spent time as a hired gun for a few years until one day he found out someone killed Jebediah Stoneblast in Sorosia. He also found out that the Stoneblast family has since found out who was responsible, and those people have recently been made Lords for services rendered to Sorosia. Zhickkim heard the Stoneblasts were given this information by a guard who came to a family representative of theirs hoping for a reward so long as they don’t turn him into the Sorosian authorities.
Zhickkim further found out that they are planning to hire the Gentlemen and Ladies to assassinate all responsible. They are waiting until the funds can be raised, which might be a couple of years. There are a lot of people to kill after all!
Since Zhickkim has nothing better to do, he figures he’ll find these people first, shake their hand, and offer his assistance.
The name he has is Baroness Quiet Corval.
You lived off the grid and were like Zhickkim and the Beardburner Gang...or something. You are probably known to the people in your area of Midrealm.
He has been holding on to some Sorosia Bank Notes he stole some time ago. Could not use them in Midrealm. He is not wanted in Sorosia. So, he built an Establishment per the Stronghold book. Its purpose is to get rumors and info and a means to do some actual smuggling. Specifically, as a base of operations for hitting Stoneblast establishments/ goods/ coffers, but the saloon is a front.
Another reason he is in Sorosia is to get a fresh start. Good motivation for him is that he knows the scope of what the Stoneblasts are planning.
The Stoneblasts want to supply a vast amount of armaments to both sides of the war. They also HATE Silverlanders. There is a lot of resentment in Midrealm among the dwarves and some of the other people there toward the Silverlands.
Because the Silverlanders destroyed the nations that were the most advanced in the world before the Sorrow War.
Those nations were in Midrealm, which stands on the ruins.
You have seen some weird shit out there on the frontier.
1600-year-old Constructs still laboring away at whatever they were commanded to do. Others went mad from the chaos magic. Undead from ancient battlefields digging themselves out.
Smuggling guns to their business adversaries would also hurt their bottom line.
So, I guess what Galleus will tell the party is that he’d like them to take you on as a partner. That you have funds to invest and that you have an enemy in common who is planning on sending the worst agency in the world after you when they raise the funds.
And I am going to say that Galleus has heard of you. He is always taking the pulse of the world. He also looked into the Stoneblasts after the Jebediah incident and would quickly learn they are evil. He also would have known of you and thought you were cool.
So, when he finds out who you are at your first meeting he would have been instantly like “Oh! Well, now I feel better. I am quite a fan of yours. I always appreciate someone who fights against power-hungry autocrats.”
Stonepick the Prick is his outlaw name. He has a white fur coat. HATED working in the caves because of how dirty he would get. Now that he has the choice, he takes pride in his spotlessness. His eyebrows are pierced as is his nose. He has a goatee and can usually find him with some form of tobacco in his mouth. I was thinking of a way to work that into giving him an advantage, narratively speaking, or why he is adept with firearms. That is why he wears a hat. Not just for looks but because it is practical
Maybe it was a Count of Monte Christo thing. Maybe while he was in servitude, he met a grizzled old dwarf who invented the firearms and taught him how to shoot. The dwarf hated what they had done with his invention and basically trains you and then helps you escape.
His two pistols are 4 shot hand cannons. They are the only two he ever made. He told Stoneblast about them and told them that he helped you escape Then he blew himself up so no one would know the secret. That was Jebediah’s son, who had just started taking over the running of the mines.
And when your dwarf friend—His name was Kletus Crankshot—blew himself up he tried to take out Jebediah, but he got away with half his face burned. And he has been your rival ever since. Iconic villain!
He is Jebediah Jr. But they call him “Halfbeard”
YOU know how to make the revolvers. And you have the only two ever made.
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