Brem Boneslayer
Brem grew up as the son of a local blacksmith. Living in The Halberd, he hasn’t traveled much further than the outer limits of the town. For most of his early life, his family would talk about how wonderful it would be for Brem to take up the family business. For Brem however, he was a bit more adventurous than that. People would also talk about Brem as the face of the family, described as being “far too pretty for a blacksmith,” by some of the locals. So it came as little surprise to most everyone, except his family, when Brem joined the Town Guard.
One might say that Brem is wasted potential too, however. There were times when he was the talk of the town, having put down powerful criminals, and cracking down on local gangs shaking down stores. Out of all the Town Guard, Brem was the least likely to take a coin to look the other way. At least that was the case. After years of diligent work, something in Brem changed, he became careless, and slowly, the price to pay him off became less steep. What would once cost you a large fortune, eventually went down to being affordable to even an everyday criminal.
Of course, Brem has remained quite handsome even through the ages, having been particularly good looking as a young adult. Though after many months of being on the Town Guard, Brem made enemies with the wrong people, having the scars to match. The most notable is around his neck, he carries a large scar on his throat, which he got while being lynched by a gang. They had recently gotten out of jail, thanks to him, and were eager to exact their revenge. Somehow surviving the brutal injury, Brem became more distant, maybe even fearful. Some say that this is when he first began taking bribes.
Now at the age of 64, he has gone through promotion after promotion, without having done more than take coins from the right aristocrats. Once seen as a “proper” town guard, working for the people, now people spit at the thought of him, as someone who sold out to the very system that seeks to oppress the people he is meant to protect. He lives peacefully on his own, being too busy doing paperwork and boring tasks, though he can be seen at bars drinking with a mysterious woman, whose faces seems to elude everyone. Not that they’ve never seen her face, but no one can remember.
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