Name: Alexander Savatier
Alias: Ghast
Age: 22 (reanimated at 17)
Gender: Male
Species: Human (Reanimated)
Bio/Synopsis: Alex grew up the eldest son of a family living on the edges of Vargeras. His parents were not good people, but they loved him and his little brother Tommy - more so than they loved each other, for their marriage had been one brought about by an unplanned pregnancy rather than true love. His father worked as a used car salesman, whilst his mother stayed at home to care for them until they were old enough to attend school, then started work in retail.
Given the neighbourhood he grew up in, and his parents' less than stellar upbringing, it was little wonder that Alex fell in with youth gangs as he grew. He spent more and more time out on the streets, causing trouble and getting into it. He tried to keep Tommy away from such things, but his little brother wanted so desperately to be like him that it was a futile cause.
Life was something approaching normal until five years ago, when Tommy disappeared.
It wasn't the first disappearance in the area. Other children from street gangs, as well as homeless people, had been vanishing for the last few months. When Tommy vanished, Alex took it on himself to search for him. He eventually found him, in the basement of a mad necromancer seeking to unlock the secrets of Tiranothian necromancy, who had been in need of test subjects. His little brother was scarcely himself. Tommy was still in there, but his mind was fragmented and borderline feral. Before Alex could rescue him, the necromancer found him. Alex died.
And then he woke up again. He was the necromancer's first success. He was ...
not alive, but he was close to it. His body was dead but preserved, functional in some aspects, stronger in others. His mind and soul were wholly intact.
Alex killed the man the first opportunity he got, and fled with Tommy. Their parents had written them off as dead, and when they came back, were terrified and condemned them as monsters.
The church were called. Paladins came.
They eluded them for a time, but eventually the pair of ghouls were caught. Tommy went feral out of fear and was cut down. Alex lashed out in grief, and met the same fate. Their bodies were burned, and their case closed.
Then Alex woke up again.
The magic reanimating him was strong: stronger even than the necromancer had thought. Tommy was not so lucky.
It took him a long time to move past his grief. There are some that would say he still hasn't. He hates the Monastic Order, hates necromancers, and mistrusts the living in general. So he seeks to forge himself a place in the world by creating more of his ken. He's learned to pass on fragments of his curse to the freshly dead or dying, bringing them back as ghouls like him - mind and soul intact.
He now runs a gang by the name of the Revenants. The initiation ceremony is dying, then getting better. Its ranks are composed of the disenfranchised, the hateful and the hopeless, given new life in death. No longer having to worry about food or sleep makes life easier, after all.
One day, they'll bring down the society that considers them monsters. Until then? They'll loiter on street corners, brush shoulders with the living undetected, and expand.
Alex can be patient.
Abilities:
- Enhanced Physiology - magically increased strength/speed, enhanced sense of smell.
- Pain Filter - the ability to 'turn off' pain receptors.
- True Regeneration - no matter how thoroughly Alex's body is destroyed, he'll eventually regenerate as long as his soul remains.
- Curse Transmission - the ability to create others of his kind - with slightly reduced regenerative potency.
- Necromancy - a 'gift' acquired through the consumption of his creator, Alex is a talented and dangerous necromancer, although he hates that he's been tainted by the art. He rarely utilises these powers except when out of control or in dire need.
Equipment:
- Lemeux Gray Longsword
- Lawkeeper:
- 3 High Explosive Rounds
- 3 standard lead rounds
- 3 shock rounds