The Brine Shaman – Rashaar

An aberrant mutation of the Ugdru Rashaar lineage, the Brine Shaman is a more sentient creature compared to their lesser brethren. Possessing small amounts of minor magic in the same vein as the Magi, it is a mix of brutality and arcane ability. The Brine Shaman decorates itself with scrimshaw tokens and bone talismans for use in its magic as well as morbid trophies. It also dons a damp seaweed approximation of a headdress. Grotesque and repulsive to behold, the Brine Shaman has an open gullet with tentacles protruding outwards, its right arm swollen and covered in barnacles.

Vagaan Dru – Vatican

Hailing from a ruined Hungarian town where the monstrous Strigoi slaughtered his parents, Vagaan Dru swore a blood oath of vengeance. He fled to a monastery of vampire hunters, quickly mastering their trade. For his lethal proficiency, Vagaan was gifted a hallowed sword that hummed with divine energy. Tasked with purging a Strigoi from his ruined childhood home, Vagaan confronted the feasting beast. Deftly avoiding its charge, he blinded it with holy water and sliced it clean in half, the blade’s inner holy power disintegrating the corpse. When word arrived from the Pope that Venice had become a cesspit of monsters, Vagaan readily volunteered, heading west to continue his crusade.