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Giraffe Punk

Description

A band of mercenaries formed accidentally after an attack by The Flock on The Rusted Robot in Vespa on the 4th of Kynn, 2223 AD. Since being brought together by Lord Gwydion Arianrhod - The Spider of Vespa, Giraffe Punk has served as a registered mercenary group under Black Sky Contracting, as well as acting at the behest of The Board to take down the Flock.

 

Members

  • AL-6913260
  • Murray Faunus
  • Maco Fera
  • Minai Gaerpilin
  • Cadeuces Stonegrove
  • Karl Steinberg (Honourary)
  • Zoltar Argoni (Retired)
 

Important Information

  • Single Giraffe Punk Groupie - Giraffes Punk | Group of Giraffe Punk Groupies - Giraffe Punks
  • Giraffe Punk is making a name for themselves as legendary heroes by spreading branded merch such as medallions and clothing made by Fiona Faraday

Structure

Band Leader - AL-69

Captain/Pilot - Maco

Executive Officer (XO) - Murray

Quartermaster/Gunner - Minai

Security Officer - Cadeuces

Engineering Officer - Al-69

Public Agenda

Giraffe Punk's agenda is to accomplish three things:

  • Get rich
  • Incite a revolution
  • Gain system-wide recognition and start a cult that follows them

Assets

  • Panthera Viridi - Medium Freigher Astral Ship
Founding Date
4th of Kynn, 2223 AD
Type
Guild, Fighter / Mercenary
Ruling Organization
The Saikar Coalition - S.A.C
Parent Organization
Black Sky Contracting
Location
Vespa
Controlled Territories

Sanctioned Mercenaries

Giraffe Punk
30
The Saikar Coalition - S.A.C
70
Cover image: by ipicgr
Character flag image: by Ryan Drescher
  • 1223 AD

    4 Kynn
    Flock Attack on the Rusted Robot
    Criminal Activity

    It was on this fateful night that the party found themselves all in the wrong place at the wrong time, which led to their formation of the mercenary group.
  • 1223 AD

    5 Kynn
    Flock Safehouse Raid
    Expedition

    Sent to investigate by Lord Gwydion Arianrhod, Giraffe Punk wipes out a Flock safe house, and recovers a piece of bark from a Genesis Tree.
  • 1223 AD

    6 Kynn
    Registration of Giraffe Punk
    Founding

    Giraffe Punk officially registers as a contracting mercenary group with Black Sky Contracting, after completing a trial assignment, tracking down the deceased daughter of Tulmah Bezzo.
    Location
    Vespa
  • 1223 AD

    7 Kynn
    1223 AD

    13 Kynn
    Race to Stoneheart Spire
    Expedition

    Tipped off about a potential new archaeological site targeted for destruction by the The Flock, Giraffe Punk sets off into the Old City, attempting to reach the Stoneheart Spire before the other interested parties to protect the artifacts there, fighting a number of corrupted plant monsters, and meeting Arch-Fabricator Zander Treye.
  • 1223 AD

    14 Kynn
    A New Home
    Life, Milestone

    Giraffe Punk, through Gwydion's contact Emerys Maerlon, acquired their first Astral Ship, the Panthera Viridi.
    Location
    Vespa
  • 1223 AD

    16 Kynn
    The Red Feast
    Life, Career

    Giraffe Punk locate and negotiate with their contracted target, Cladinus Ergata a.k.a Ergrim Toose, taking his finger and convincing The Myriad he has been eliminated, allowing him to live his life in peace.
    Location
    Three Forks
  • 1223 AD

    17 Kynn
    A Great Trading Hub
    Founding

    Giraffe Punk founds the construction of the Three Forks Trade Commission in Three Forks, putting the town on the map as an important trading center between the peoples of The Frostbarrow Coast and The Saikar Coalition - S.A.C.

    Location
    Three Forks Trade Commission
  • 1223 AD

    17 Kynn
    The Slaying of an Ettin
    Life, Publicity

    After slaying an Ettin they happened upon on the road to Salvager's Respite, Giraffe Punk painted a depiction of their valiant deeds on the walls of the shelter cliffside in blood, hoping to spread knowledge of their capabilities and build a cult following.

    Location
    The Frostbarrow Coast
  • 1223 AD

    17 Kynn
    Eastrun Visit
    Cultural event

    Giraffe Punk arrives in style to Eastrun, spreading the word of their great deeds to the population there.
    Location
    Eastrun Giraffe
  • 1223 AD

    18 Kynn
    The Blacksteel Deal
    Financial Event

    Giraffe Punk signs a deal with Evelyn Creighton to funnel some of the trade from Salvager's Respite through the Three Forks Trade Commission, increasing its reknown and profit, and portfolio.
    Location
    Salvager's Respite
  • 1223 AD

    19 Kynn
    The Turncoat
    Expedition

    Giraffe Punk locates The Flock turncoat Cadeuces Stonegrove and convinces him to join their cause, making him a member of their mercenary band.
    Location
    The Northern Wastes
  • 1223 AD

    20 Kynn
    Eastrun Changeover
    Civil action

    Giraffe Punk returns to Eastrun and initiates a coupe, killing their corrupt mayor Duthrakk the Exiled in secret, installing Timothy Johansen as the new mayor and unofficially changing the town name to Eastrun Giraffe.
    Location
    Eastrun Giraffe
  • 1223 AD

    1 Kiot
    1223 AD

    2 Kiot
    A Daring Rescue
    Life, Trauma/ Loss

    Giraffe Punk embarks on a daring rescue to save Zoltar Argoni from imprisonment and execution by his brother Norbit Argoni. Upon recovcering him, Giraffe Punk is devastated to learn that the experience has changed Zoltar's priorities, and he decides to return home to protect ARZOCO Industries from his brother's awful leadership.
    Location
    Onyrra
  • 1223 AD

    2 Kiot
    The Fight to the Flock
    Expedition

    Giraffe Punk heads to Mancay Island, maneuvering through the dangerous jungles, talking their way through the camp, and arriving to confront Mother Willow and bring an end to The Flock's terrorism.
    Location
    Mancay Island
  • 1223 AD

    5 Kiot
    The Ruins of Amarkesh
    Discovery, Exploration

    Driven by an insatiable curiosity, or a lust for riches, Giraffe Punk collects their reward from The Board and heads straight to the Ruins of Amarkesh, tackling the spirits locked within.

    Location
    Ruins of Amarkesh
  • 1223 AD

    7 Kiot
    1223 AD

    17 Kiot
    Mysterious Ambush
    Expedition

    Their business with the S.A.C complete for now, Giraffe Punks embarks, escorting a Prividea Conglomerate freighter convoy captained by Leeroy McFee heading to the Green Horizons orbital station over Oria.   On the way, they were ambushed by 2 mysterious stealth ships operated by a collection of elfin figures of fey origin who claimed to on a long term covert operation to disrupt S.A.C activities. After some negotiation, they stabbed the convoy in the back, split the cargo, and went their separate ways. The official Black Sky report notes a successful ambush, with GP barely escaping.
    Location
    Oria
  • 1223 AD

    18 Kiot
    1223 AD

    2 Xelah
    Journey to Yridos
    Expedition

    Giraffe Punk sets out for Yridos, coming across the remains of a Githyanki pirate attack along the way. They upgrade their ship, work on their skills, and eventually arrive, landing in the capital city of Zemira.

  • 1223 AD

    3 Xelah
    Mysterious Ambush
    Military: Battle

    While shopping and gearing up for their trip to Afasit in pursuit of Al's father, Minai is drawn away by a mysterious voice in his head offering information. Once in an alley, the party is attacked by a group of githyanki bearing the marks of Black Sky, who claim to have been hired by Minai's family to bring him, and their precious artifacts, home. Refusing to go with, a battle ensues, with Minai nearly being dragged away, saved at the last moment by Al-69's heat metal. Eventually, the mercenaries retreat, their mission unsuccessful.

  • 1223 AD

    3 Xelah 18:00
    A Helping Dick
    Life, Career

    Responding to a contract through Black Sky, Giraffe Punk finds a gnome shopkeeper in the Mirage bazaar seeking help dealing with troublesome hooligans. After much deliberation, Murray took on the form of a goliath, and as the hooligans entered the shop to stir up trouble they were accosted by the image of said goliath submitting to this gnome sexually, and topped it off by magically engorging his penis, and encouraging him to threaten them as his next subjects.

  • 1223 AD

    4 Xelah
    1223 AD

    5 Xelah
    On to Afasit
    Discovery, Exploration

    Upon arriving in the town of Afasit, Giraffe Punk connected with the innkeeper/blacksmith Runndek, a friend of AL's father. She guides them to his hidden lab in a mountain cave, where they uncover some of the secrets of AL's early years, and Quantanamous' current alliance with the Fey Courts as race the Technomancer's Guild to find information about the ancient, mysterious place known as Mechanicus, and safeguard the Soul Siphon technology from falling into the wrong hands.
    They learn from some notes, and a meeting with Quantanamous' gloura friend Eathaliel, that his location has been uncovered, and he has fled to the Fey Reach, with the implication of further outings to seek answers. On their return journey, they stumble upon Proditio, a wandering warrior cleric lost in the desert, who expresses a need to get to Calidor, and a quest for revenge. He is welcomed into the fold.

  • 1223 AD

    4 Xelah
    1223 AD

    14 Xelah
    The Spiremaw Rally
    Cultural event

    Giraffe Punk prepares for, and successfully wins their heat of the Spiremaw Rally, racing for the honour of Mark, the Dunecarver's wounded pilot, and his wife Kathleen on contract.

  • 1223 AD

    16 Xelah
    Return to the Fallen Temple
    Discovery, Exploration

    Giraffe Punk follows their new friend Proditio to his old temple. There, amidst the crumpled clothes of his murdered church members who have seemingly vanished into thin air, they hope to steal from Yridos' deadly Sand Wyrm an egg with which to begin their newest enterprise, wyrm farming. After a harrowingly close call, the party flees with egg in hand, the mystery of Proditio's murdered cult members no clearer.

  • 1223 AD

    18 Xelah
    Exhuming the Shard
    Discovery, Exploration

    Giraffe Punk enters the town of Spirehold, responding to a Black Sky contract regarding several missing miners. Following a series of shenanigans at the local resplendent inn and casino, and a scheme executed against Expedition Captain Arkhan Thule of the Royal Guild Historica, the party finds themselves escorted through the mines to an ancient ziggurat beneath one of the tunnels. Inside, snatching the priceless Shard of Eonic Fragmentation, Giraffe Punk finds themselves in a stand off with a party of Fey Agents. Gwydion graces the paty with his presence, and an off-handed comment from Proditio leads to the reveal that Gwydion is in fact Ashraar, The Shadowed One. The Fey agents agree to take the party to the Unseelie Court, to AL-69's father, and another proposition.

  • 1223 AD

    19 Xelah
    Fey Beginnings
    Criminal Activity

    AL-69 is reunited with his father, and jealousy of his father's old friend, the fully transcended Osmium Reth, flares in AL. The Unseelie Court, and the Queen of Air and Darkness, reveal that they are working together, tentatively, with the Seelie Court and other non-humans around Hyperion to disrupt S.A.C expansion, fearing it will lead to a repeating of history, and the genocide of those who are not human, and not citizens of the S.A.C. The Queen asks for their aid in travelling to an abandoned mining station on a recovery mission in a race against time, and in exchange, Giraffe Punk will be allowed to keep the Shard, and hopefully unlock its deeper secrets.

  • 1223 AD

    9 Harst
    Ambush!
    Military: Battle

    Arriving at the station, Giraffe Punk falls into a trap set by Arch Fabricator Zander Treye, who is surprised to find the Fey agents he was expecting to be the Defenders of Bastion. He exacts revenge on Quantanamous, killing him and trapping his soul, as well as delivering a fatal Power Word: Kill on Osmium, cutting the Technomancer's troublesome loose ends in one fell swoop. Announcing that he had places to be, he teleports away, leaving Giraffe Punk at the mercy of his Imperator Infiltrators, extremely dangerous automaton warriors. Whether their survival was intended or not is unknown, but Giraffe Punk fends off the warrior droids, finishes delving through the ruins of the station, and prepares to embark, a somber crew.

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Organization
World
Spheres of the Gods
Category
Mercenaries in NPCs
Author
Herobot
Publication Date
6 May, 2023
Creation Date
5 May, 2023
Last Update Date
13 Jul, 2023
Visibility
Public
Views
169
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