The Militant Family/Gander/Gander

Gander

The middle child. He was born late because for some reason he would not be birthed on the same day as his older brother. The doctor said that he was not ready to come out on his own, so four days passed after the birth of his brother until he finally came out. Four days aren’t much, but they seemed to separate something for him and his brother are complete opposites. The stars from which his brother was born under were not the same as the ones he was born under.

He was raised by the sword, and the discoveries of his older brother meant little to him. He was a happy child and in his younger ages of manhood a noble and strong warrior, but that is not how it is today. As he grew older he became spiteful of his brother to the point of wanting to kill him. Where his brother speaks of life he speaks of death. Nobles and peasants are tormented by him as he has gained a horrid blood lust that can not be quenched. Once the just lord of Rollsovar he soon became a tyrant sealing them within a wall so that they could not escape when he choose to kill them.

A drastic change in ones character, no one is sure of the cause. He has taken up the art of assassination and likes to refer to himself as the blood trader.

Single and has never married. There is no woman who could satisfy his need for blood, and such trivial matters such as love would only take away from his work.

Gander the Blood Trader

The Blood Trader, a self proclaimed title Gander has bestowed upon himself. Although he is in no sense an actual blood trader. It is too precious to him, and what he steals from his victims he keeps for himself. He has a few jars at home which are filled with blood. They sit ontop of his fireplace where the raging fire gives them an other-worldly glow. He loves the sight of blood, and the taste of it. It use to be a family tradition to drink blood with hard liquior which was called the Vamperium, but that practice has mostly fallen out of favor. Goergyboy ceased the practice although used it on his prisoners sometimes, and Gander would rather drink blood raw.

If you wish to seek Gander, for whatever reason and I highly recommend against it, he is very fond of mountainous regions. Perhaps tied to his childhood raised in the high mountains in Drenga, or for the number of hiding places they provide. Although he dwells in Rollsovar and lords over the people he is solemly there.

His victims are anyone and everyone. Only his elder brother protects the nobles of Giblot from his attacks, since Goergyboy had Gander vow not to hurt any Giblot unless he can kill him first.

Whoever he stumbles upon he will take a shot at, and once he has a target he will try and try again until he has collected the blood of that person or has been chased away. Sometimes fools will yell for him to come and attack them instead, taunting Gander whilst he hides. Gander is more then pleased to oblige them a visit in an attempt to take their blood instead. If you want to fight Gander just yell out taunts once you find him, and he'll come for you. Although quick to lose interest once he's chased off, he'll go off and hunt others until he grows weary of the local flavor and moves for more tempting targets.

He is arrogant in his practice, and travels through main roads. He chooses to use only one dagger when fighting, although he has a second which he carelessly throws around incase someone is out of his reach and he can't catch up although his aim is terrible. Still wet behind the ears when it comes to stealth, but an expierenced professional when it comes to killing.

If you enjoy the thrill of being hunted earn his ire, although simple taunts wont get you this far. You must humiliate him, which is actually very simple to do. Just prove you are better then him at something important, like killing. Wounding him will get you the result you seek, but killing or harming anyone else will only escelate into a contest at best.

Gander and Others

Revan

Ah dearly departed Revan, a sinister fellow with a taste for violence. Gander did not get to interact with Revan that much since his life was soon claimed. Sadly it wasn't Gander who got to kill him. Although they rarely met Gander heard tales of Revan's deeds and approved of his viciousness. It would have been a pleasure killing the man himself, but it was not meant to be.

Sera

Revan's prodigy, a man who shares the joys of death but enjoys the gore more. Fond of kicking heads around or throwing them around after taking from whatever source possible whether it be scribe, peasant, or noble, enemy or friend. Although Gander finds the sport tolerable he'd rather throw daggers then heads at people.

Sera and Gander have met, talked, and killed together a number of times. They'd often send their tormented scribes to one another with gifts that the scribes did not wish to bere. Sera sent Gander the blood of one of his scribes, which Gander was delighted and had fun tormenting the scribe that delivered it almost as much as the gift itself. He enjoyed forcing the scribe to drink the blood, and painting images on the scribes face with the blood. Gander sent Sera a large brick from the wall of Rollsovar to Steepglades to serve as the foundation of Sera's version of the maypole. One of Gander's poor scribes had to carry the stone to Sera unassissted, and being a scribe he was not physcially fit to say the least.

Now when it comes to killing the two are not as similar but not that different either. Sera loves to use his battleaxe, spreading gore and guts as he slices his victims. Gander on the other hand enjoys the torture before the kill, hearing the scream and the panic look on the victims face as the feel the dagger slice through skin cutting off fingers and toes. They both seem to enjoy the sight of the dying and dead, but Gander is more taken in by the flow of blood.

Gander would enjoy getting the chance to kill Sera as well, to commemeorate their common interest, but first he must deal with 'Goergyboy's Oath'.

Kardon

Don't mention this name around Gander, unless you are tired of living. This insane, derranged, and unstable man ran around Giblot for weeks singing. The song drove Gander insane and he was ready to shove his dagger into Kardon, oath or not. Kardon was bold enough to even stand up to Gander once, and Gander was willing to meet the challenge but things were stopped short. That oath really got into Gander's way then, but at the moment it seemed like a good idea. It would give him a viable excuse to fight his own brother.

Goergyboy

Now things between these two started off fine, but after a few years things began to wane. Goergyboy's preaching of pro-life was irritating and sickening to Gander, and Gander's rantings about the joys of death had the same effect on Goergyboy. It became a mutual disgust, but being blood things couldn't escelate much worse then that.

One day Goergyboy challenged Gander to a ritual fight. It's proper name lost to the pages of time, but it has been called the Kanata since that day. In this family fued ordeal, each contender would make a Vampirium with their own blood. The drinks would be set aside, and the winner at the end of the battle would claim both drinks and have to drink both as quickly as possible. If the winner failed to drink both of the Vampirium's then no one would be considered the winner.

Gander beat Goergyboy easily, despite taking a few wounds while taking out his brother. Now Gander could of taken Goergyboy's life then and there and it would of been legal and breach no laws of realm or blood. Instead Gander went straight to the drinks, downed the two Vampiriums, and passed out. Once the battle was deemed over, Gander could not take Goergyboy's life legally afterwords. Shortly after Gander's dangerous behavior that threatened even the nobles of Giblot caused Goergyboy to establish 'Goergyboy's Oath'.

Gander hunts Goergyboy at times, but does not go out of his way. Although he despises Goergyboy, he feels he is his better and can take him out whenever he chooses. Thus Gander waits for Goergyboy to come to him rather then the other way around. Goergyboy does keep his distance and is only in the same region with Gander when crucial.