Guns for Hire Database

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Individual's Name or Moniker

What he does., Alive, Dead, Banished, Spirit, or something else?

Appearance: What he looks likes. Description: How you would describe his personality to someone else, including warnings about things which piss him off. Rank: Position in clan, Military Rank, Place on the Corporate ladder, or other notable status held. Background: Where he came from. Strengths: What he's known to be good at. Weaknesses: What he's known to be poor at. Equipment: Notable special gear. Notes: Anything else that's relevant.

Amazon Poacher's Guild

Old Granny Stomp

Amazon Rainforest Merchant, Alive

Appearance: Wrinkled old runty summer goblin Description: Rank: Founder Background: Summer goblin Strengths: Summer goblins as a whole understand the idea of supply and demand dictating prices, unlike many other sorts of fae. Weaknesses: Equipment: Notes:

Li Kui

See Duke for more information.

Reginald

Poacher, Alive

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Thrompton

Poacher, Alive

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A.O.R.B.

Edward Riker

Drill Sergeant and A.O.R.B. recruiter, Alive

Appearance: Description: An A.O.R.B. recruiter placed as a drill sergeant with the U.S. Army, Riker is a no-nonsense kind of guy. He serves as the primary liaison between A.O.R.B. and Laine Corporation, owing to his personal connection to Armas. Rank: First Sergeant U.S. Army (OR-8), Unknown rank in A.O.R.B. Background: Armas's drill sergeant when he was in the Army. Strengths: Still viewed as an authority figure by Armas. Has connections for acquiring next generation armor and other supplies (likely through A.O.R.B.). Weaknesses: Equipment: Notes: In a relationship of some sort. Has embarrassing blackmail material on Armas (photos of some incident).

Arms Dealers

Bagatur Yilmaz

Low-end black market explosives dealer, Alive

Appearance: Description: An arms dealer who sells explosives and explosive accessories. Rank: Independent Background: Strengths: Weaknesses: Equipment: Notes:

Galileo

Magic arms dealer, Alive

Appearance: What he looks likes. Description: Vendor that has a stock of magical weapons, favoring magical knives and other small bladed weapons. He is connected to the Mafia, unrelated to Savoy. Rank: Connected to the Italian mafia Background: Where he came from. Strengths: What he's known to be good at. Weaknesses: What he's known to be poor at. Equipment: Notable special gear. Notes: Anything else that's relevant.

Garbage Pete

Low-end black market gun dealer, Alive

Appearance: What he looks likes. Description: He sells low end stolen and used guns from a dumpster. Rank: Independent Background: Strengths: Weaknesses: Equipment: Notes: On occasion has magic weapons for sale, but does not seem to be capable of recognizing them as such himself. Apparently unaware of magic.

Juliano

Black market explosives dealer, Alive

Appearance: What he looks likes. Description: Specializes in the sale of explosives and incendiary weapons, owns two M-29 Davy Crockett nuclear weapons (currently stored in stasis). Rank: Connected to the Italian mafia Background: Where he came from. Strengths: What he's known to be good at. Weaknesses: What he's known to be poor at. Equipment: Notable special gear. Notes: Anything else that's relevant.

Jung

Black market arms dealer, Alive

Appearance: Korean features Description: Practical and confident. Rank: Criminal Entrepreneur Background: Strengths: Weaknesses: Equipment: Notes: Hates Lo Fang. Has hired special help to make sure Lo Fang doesn't attack him again.

Old Ironhead

Black market arms dealer, Alive

Appearance: Description: LOUD. SO LOUD. Rank: Criminal Entrepreneur Background: Strengths: Weaknesses: Equipment: Notes:

Laine Corporation

Adib

Flesh Golem, Alive

Appearance: Description: Rank: New Recruit (OR-1) Background: Strengths: Weaknesses: Equipment: Notes:

Andrei

Hacker, Alive

Appearance: Description: Rank: Specialist (OR-3) Background: Strengths: Weaknesses: Equipment: Notes:

Armas Laine

Mercenary Company Leader, Alive

Appearance: Armas is six feet, four inches tall and approximately 114 kg in mass. He has a prominent conan chin, olive skin (Fitzpatrick type IV), blue eyes, dark rust-colored hair. He's very muscular and fit looking. Description: It is an imperfectly kept secret that Armas is a godling, a divine being on the road to potentially becoming a full fledged god. Armas favors flashy clothing. Early in his mercenary career he often used layered ballistic armor, using both low-profile armored clothing and military-grade supplemental armor. While he still uses armor on occasion, he is far more likely to pick his clothes for mobility and appearance than protection. Rank: Commander (OF-3) Background: Armas was born in San Diego, California to a Maori-American mother and Finnish father. He was a poor student. Upon graduation from high school, Armas enlisted in the Marines and graduated from boot camp at Camp Pendelton shortly after the attacks on the World Trade Center towers in 2001. He spent the next decade in both the Marines and Army Rangers, before mustering out and traveling to Istanbul. He never advanced beyond the rank of Private in the course of nine years in the military. Strengths: Trained in Stealth by the Wyld Goblins, notably excellent at manipulating people, Winter bloodline based around soul manipulation and auto-resurrection, Summer bloodline based around internal cannibal fleshcrafting, current owner of Amen, favored by the Ruling Dragon of Turkey Weaknesses: Equipment: The 14th Elder Artifact (the reforged Mere pounamu), Mahtigwess's Contract Artifact (a Buntline revolver), Leprechaun-made charms, two magic Mateba Model 6 Unica Auto revolvers Notes:

Bagga Aksoy

Vampire, Alive

Appearance: Description: Rank: New Recruit (OR-1) Background: Strengths: Weaknesses: Equipment: Notes:

Boris

Magic Cuisine Chef, Alive

Appearance: Description: Rank: Specialist (OR-3) Background: Strengths: Weaknesses: Equipment: Notes:

Camella Larosa

Mercenary Company Officer, Alive

Appearance: Camella has straw blond hair, blue eyes, and frame that can safely be described as athletic. The majority of her left leg is a magic construct with a much darker skin color than her own. Description: A Slider from a lower magic world, Camella has spent the past four months adjusting to life in Istanbul. Rank: Second in Command (OF-2) Background: Former member of the 9th Parachute Assault Regiment, Camella arrived in the bones of the earth below Istanbul on November 8th, 2010. She spent a week fighting her way out and arrived in the alley behind Armas's apartment exhausted and badly wounded. In an attack against Blackbeard she lost her leg, although she has received a new one from Wizard Khubiliai. Strengths: Camella has no bloodline power, but is instead a once-in-a-generation example of a peak ability human, with near-perfect equilibrioception and proprioception. She has a soul quirk which grants her 108 eye-like sensors. Her excellent military training and natural ability allow her to excel in both the use of firearms and melee combat. Weaknesses: Equipment: Ritual blood charm which heals up to 12 non-fatal injuries on the wearer. A magic Walther WA 2000, once owned by Neonazis. Notes: The ruling dragon of Turkey, Owner, has taken a personal interest in her. She works part-time as an instructor at Ito's Dojo.

Duke

Heavenly Spirit, Alive

Appearance: Duke is a muscular man with a dark complexion, a reddish-yellow unibrow, and fiery eyes. He has a glamour which makes him appear to be a middle-aged Caucasian man in a white suit. Description: A body and soul Transcendent, Duke is known for his berserk behavior in combat, his strong penchant for white wine, and is known to be a hardcore gambler. Rank: Background: Duke's actual name is Li Kui, and he is also known as "Iron Ox" or "Black Whirlwind." One of the legendary 108 Heavenly Spirits from the Great Chinese Classic Novel, "Water Margin." Duke was assigned to protect a "Dreamer" in the Amazon by Song Jiang (his former leader in "Water Margin") to keep Duke from making trouble seeking revenge for Song's death. After Armas killed the Dreamer, he talked Duke into coming home with him, where Duke drank literally hundreds of millions of dollars worth of magic wine, alcohol, and drugs from the stocks Florent Smets acquired. Armas later successfully talked Owner, the Ruling Dragon of Turkey, into sparing Duke's life. Strengths: Conceptual Strength, Body and Soul Transcendent, Numerous Body and Soul Quirks, ability to produce vile corrosives. Weaknesses: Functionally illiterate Equipment: Soul-bound axes made of his own blood iron, a kameosa loaded with spirit wine, wizard-made glamour. Notes: Duke is an actual Duke (he was awarded the title by the Vatican).

Dmitrii

Vehicle Operations Specialist, Alive

Appearance: Description: Rank: Specialist (OR-3) Background: Strengths: Weaknesses: Equipment: Notes:

Feodor Morozov

Medic, Alive

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Grisha

Soldier, Alive

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Igor

Soldier, Alive

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Iosef Markovic

Soldier, Alive

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Ivan

Soldier, Alive

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Ivan Ivanovich

Flesh Golem, Alive

Appearance: By default he appears to be a genderless surgery doll. Description: A Meat Circus construct designed to be a combination surgery doll and fleshcrafter's emulation platform. Rank: Property Background: Commissioned by Feodor Morozov for personal use as a training tool. Strengths: Designed by Meat Circus to be a high-fidelity low level emulator of human and humanoid bodies, including magic inherent in the flesh up to the level of most bloodliners. Weaknesses: Slow regeneration, slow fleshcrafting, slow reconfiguration to different emulations, no known combat ability. Equipment: Notes:

Lev Soloyov

Soldier, Alive

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Lyubov Khorobrova

Witch Saint, Alive

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Matvey Baich

Mercenary Company Officer, Alive

Appearance: Description: Rank: Officer (OF-2) Background: Strengths: Weaknesses: Equipment: Notes:

Nikifor Kaveldun

Soldier, Alive

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Rostislav

Soldier, Alive

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Satai

Quartermaster, Alive

Appearance: Description: Rank: Quartermaster (OR-6) Background: Strengths: Weaknesses: Equipment: Notes:

Svetlana Khorobrova

Secretary, Alive

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Titus Yakimov

Soldier, Alive

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Vladimir Volkov

Soldier, Alive

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Zhenya Koslov

Soldier, Alive

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Mafia

Angiluzzo Castelletti

Former Istanbul Mafia Boss, Deceased

Appearance: Fat hedonist Description: Rank: Boss Background: Strengths: Weaknesses: Equipment: Notes: Killed by Armas in a disagreement.

Rocco Armani

Istanbul Mafia Boss, Alive

Appearance: Large guy Description: Dour and professional, Rocco's all business. Rank: Boss Background: Strengths: Weaknesses: Equipment: Notes:

Triads

Lo Fang

Leader of the Istanbul branch of the Triad organization., Alive

Appearance: What he looks likes. Description: How you would describe his personality to someone else, including warnings about things which piss him off. Rank: Triad leader Background: Orphaned as a child he was raised in Shaolin monasteries and eventually graduated to the level he could study under the great magical monasteries. Lacking great breeding he was denied access to much of his new home's treasures. He would go on to rebel against his home monastery, kill its master, and lead a splinter group of personal disciples away from there. Strengths: What he's known to be good at. Weaknesses: What he's known to be poor at. Equipment: Notable special gear. Notes: Anything else that's relevant.

Go Ping

Disicple of Lo Fang, Alive

Appearance: A triad poster child. He keeps his head shaved and his appearance immaculate and well ordered. Description: Zen like, extremely loyal to Lo Fang. Rank: Most junior disciple of the Istanbul Triad branch manager Lo Fang Background: A child of Lo Fang's first generation of disciples, offered up to Lo Fang as a youth. Strengths: Chakra. Weaknesses: What he's known to be poor at. Equipment: MP7s. Notes: The secret he confided to prove his authenticity on the Boat Mission with Armas was 'he fears seeing Lo Fang never get revenge for a past transgression by those he had trusted.'.

Diao Yuan

Triad member, Alive

Appearance: A tall woman, athletic in build. Her hair was noted as being overly long. Description: She is a shy person and very aware of social cues, cautious to cause a disturbance or otherwise offend. Her voice is fairly high pitch. Rank: Triad enforcer Background: Where he came from. Strengths: Close quarters combat, chakra. Weaknesses: What he's known to be poor at. Equipment: Franchi SPAS 12 with all manner of 12 gauge ammunition. Scalpalized combat knife. Notes: The secret she confided to prove her authenticity on the Boat Mission with Armas was that 'while she may be shy she is quite the opposite in the bedroom'

Long Wang

Triad member, Alive

Appearance: Androgynous and lacks a clear gender. He is short, standing at five feet tall. Description: Highly professional and dispassionate in almost all areas of life he takes well to the Triad institution. Rank: Triad enforcer Background: Where he came from. Strengths: What he's known to be good at. Weaknesses: What he's known to be poor at. Equipment: HK69. Notes: The secret he confided to prove his authenticity on the Boat Mission with Armas was 'he is fascinated by reaction images and frequents many online forums'.

May Lee

Triad member, Unknown Status

Appearance: A stocky woman with a barrel chest and scars across her eyebrows and knuckles. Description: Has a fantastic sense of humor, enough she was able to make Lo Fang laugh. Appears to love animals. Rank: Triad enforcer Background: Where she came from. Strengths: Heavy weapons, Chakra. Weaknesses: What he's known to be poor at. Equipment: SAW, Buddhist axes. Notes: The secret she confided to prove her authenticity on the Boat Mission with Armas was 'she owns a cat that practically runs her home life'.

Savoy House

Camella Savoy

Head of the Savoy Bloodline Clan, Alive

Appearance: Description: Rank: Clan Head Background: Strengths: Savoy teleportation bloodline. Weaknesses: Equipment: Notes:

Odin's Disciples

Aska

Mortal Einher, Alive

Appearance: Description: Rank: Heroic Champion einherjar Background: Strengths: Weaknesses: Equipment: Notes:

Body

Mortal Einher, Alive

Appearance: Description: Rank: Heroic Champion einherjar Background: Strengths: Weaknesses: Equipment: Meat Circus built bioarmor. El Cid's artifact armor. Notes:

Buu

Mortal Einher, Alive

Appearance: Small for an einher. Description: Rank: Seasoned Newbie Background: Strengths: Weaknesses: Equipment: Notes:

Fighting Finn

Mortal Einher, Alive

Appearance: Description: Rank: Seasoned Veteran Background: Strengths: Weaknesses: Equipment: Notes:

Frithjofr

Spirit Einher, Spirit

Appearance: Description: Rank: Background: Strengths: Weaknesses: Equipment: Notes: Frithjofr is friends with Gunner and Onundur, two other spirit Einherjar whom he served with in life.

Gleb Romanov

Mortal Einher, Alive

Appearance: A jolly looking fat man with shark-like teeth. Description: Rank: Heroic Champion einherjar Background: 'Mortal' Einher, of the Imperial Romanov line. Can ignore death by virtue of the Romanov bloodline's resurrection power and his magic armor being made into a phylactery for his soul by Astrid. He has in reality transcended his mortality entirely and become an Angel of Odin, but due to his Einher aspect still 'pings' as being a mortal. This secret means Odin is willing to put up with an extraordinary amount of rowdy and bad behavior by Gleb. Strengths: Immortal thanks to the Romanov bloodline. Brutally effective Einher. Secretly an Angel Weaknesses: Close friendship with Armin the Craftsman and his sister Astrid. Equipment: Loki's Artifact (armor) Notes: Gleb is a member of a council of immortals. Lately he has been killing Valkyries (Odin's low-level angelic constructs) for fun.

Gunner Almquist

Spirit Einher, Spirit

Appearance: Description: Rank: Background: A ranged fighter and mortal Einher who used a cursed longbow and magic arrows, he was used to fighting fire giants and other very dangerous foes. Armas laid him low in a formal mortal challenge, and Gunner became a Spiritual Einher, conducted into Valhalla by a Valkyrie. Strengths: Weaknesses: Equipment: Notes: Gunner is friends with Frithjofr and Onundur, two other spirit Einherjar whom he served with in life.

Onundur

Spirit Einher, Spirit

Appearance: Description: Rank: Background: Strengths: Weaknesses: Equipment: Notes: Onundur is friends with Gunner and Frithjofr, two other spirit Einherjar whom he served with in life.

Osto Laine

Mortal Einher, Alive

Appearance: Description: Rank: Newbie einherjar Background: 16 year old Finnish citizen Strengths: Weaknesses: Equipment: Top-notch mundane armor built by Amen at Armas's direction. Notes:

Vampires of Istanbul

Cornelius Zosimus

, Active Vampire

Appearance: Description: Rank: Background: Strengths: Weaknesses: Equipment: Notes: