The night sky looms over the City; the stars shining down from above.
Here, the stars are plentiful. The City is their domain. Only the ever encompassing Head shines above them.
In this City that is meant solely for humans, you come dangerously close to skirting that line. You are a Bloodfiend, a creature who feeds off the blood of others. To you, the blood is not merely a means of sustenance, it is the crystallization of all your desires, it is what drives you, possesses you, imbibes you with
need.
You were turned one night, be it by poor luck or active malice, you don't know, and you don't really care either. There is no space in your life to worry about such trivial details. No. There is nothing but the sanguine desire itching within your veins that controls your every movement.
But first.. who were you?
[An Average Feather]
It is an esteemed honor to be accepted into one of the Wings of the World. Few pass the exams, and even fewer actually find their job applications accepted. Even for one of middling position such as you, it is still no small accomplishment.
K Corp's singularity specializes in rapid healing. Lost limbs can be cured as easily as a papercut, and anything short of the dead can be healed.
Short for TimeTrack, T Corp's singularity specializes in the manipulation of time itself. Their district is gloomy with the dull shade of gray and white, for the poor do not possess the privilege of possessing even the slightest touch of color.
Short for Warp. W Corp specializes in fast travel, their famed warp trains are capable of taking anyone to their destination within 10 seconds, no matter how long.
[An Office Fixer]
Fixers are the lifeblood of the City. They toil and die by the dozens to fulfill their client's requests, and as the foolish few can attest, the desire to make it big.
Many have died with nothing to show for their struggle, nothing but unfulfilled dreams and naive expectations. You were one of them, and after a rough encounter, you became something.. more.
[A Syndicate Member]
Murder. Theft. Extortion. Nothing but everyday activities for you. You embarked on a life of crime, be it out of necessity or pure sadism. Then one day, you messed up, struck the wrong target. Your crew was slaughtered, but you survived. Albeit.. changed.
- [A Member of the Five Fingers]
- [The Index]
The prescripts see all. The all encompassing eye that stares upon The City and dictates the lives of those that live inside its domain. You were but a lowly Proselyte, crawling through life fulfilling Prescripts in order to find your purpose. Now, you need no more of that. The blood is your purpose. It sings to you, calls to you, completes you in a way no Prescript can do.
Loyalty. Vengeance. Strength. The Middle does not forget. The Middle does not forgive. The Book of Vengeance will never forget a name that has been written inside it. You served this family dutifully, loyally, then one day, in the process of exacting justice on an evil-doer who harmed your family, you bit off more than you could chew, you survived purely by luck, but you did not survive unscathed.
Much like the Middle, the Thumb values loyalty, albeit in a.. different way.
Politeness is everything, and manners can make the difference between an early climb of the ladder… or the loss of your head. You served the Capo de Capi without a single protest, but you couldn't help but feel like you were destined for more… You got your wish eventually, even if you desire something else now.
The bloodstained canvas is soaked in blood, paint, and oil. A masterpiece above all else. You were an artist, a seeker of truth. One who has been blessed with artistic knowledge to rise above all the common filth in the City. One of your canvases turned out to be more troublesome than expected.. but that is fine. With this transformation, you can take your art to even higher levels.
[An Association Member]
Reigning above the individual offices are the Associations themselves. Each one of them fulfills a specific purpose in the City, and the highest of them all answers only to the Head. To get into one is an honor matched only by getting into one of the Wings.
"Your Shield.."
The Zwei Association specializes in protection and peacekeeping.. to the extent that such things exist in the City of course. They are the closest things to a law enforcement the City possesses, but even so.. a certain price is needed for them to actually intervene and carry out your requests, such is the way of The City.
Occasionally, some people choose to solve their problems in a.. unorthodox manner. A few turn to the Cinq association to fight their battles for them. Settling disputes using the method of Honorable Duels, the exact consequence for the loser can be decided by the winner. Be it simple humiliation or nothing but a swift death, all of it is decided by the nature of the contract.
The Shi specialize in taking assassination contracts. They move stealthily and end their target's lives in one swift strike. A rare few see them coming, even fewer live to tell the tale after an encounter with them.
The Liu specialize in nothing short of All-Out Warfare. Each individual member is more than a match even for multiple foes, and they possess a layer of mental protection provided by M Corp's special moonstones. You hear that the first section even managed to take down the Crying Children, quite a great accomplishment on its own.
Lastly.
[Name]
[Gender?]
[Male]
[Female]
[Neither]
[Describe your character shortly, things like backstory, personality and what not.]
A/N: Hello! This is my first quest.. I really liked PM and I'm on a vampire craze lately, so I figured I'd try a Bloodfiend Quest.
Special thanks for breakingamber for helping me with this on Discord!
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