Hanged Devils
The Hanged Devils, also called the Hanged Devil, are one of the powerful gangs of the Free Port cities, named alongside The Gentlemens and The Boulevard Killers.1
The gang is at home in the streets of Neptun, a sprawling coastal city that is a haven for outlaws and rogues, where the law of the Empire holds no sway.2
Reign of terror
The gang captured the tiefling Blaze when he was still a child and subjected him to torture and starvation. During a celebration after a victory over the Gentlemen, a high-ranking member decided to hang the boy in public, to honour the gang's name and to keep up its reign of terror in the city. The hanging was never finished: as the noose tightened, Blaze accepted a bargain from a shadowy figure, and hellfire swept through the alley, leaving nothing but charred corpses and blackened wood.3
Members and former members
The orphan Isabeau Blackthorn found solace among the Hanged Devils, and under their tutelage she became a rogue of exceptional talent. Her closest friend, Randor, joined the gang with her. The gang recognised his gift for deceit and placed him with an old bard, from whom he learned bardic magic. The two worked together for most of their time in the gang.4
When Isabeau left the gang, Randor did not follow her. Without her his life among the Hanged Devils grew dull, and in the end he too left the gangs, hoping to join the Brine Blades.5
CHOMPS also lived in the salty streets of Neptun as a young member of the Hanged Devils, in the days when he was still called Rufus.6
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