The Wing
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The Wing is the head assassin of The Black Veil and the guild's representative, a half-elf described as brutal, opportunistic and vicious. He is counted among the city's silent killers.1
A lost name
In the hierarchy of the Black Veil a name loses its meaning once its bearer becomes the right hand of the dragon, and cutting ties with one's life outside the Veil is common practice, since nothing comes before the guild. The identity of the current Wing survives only as a forgotten echo in the dusty tomes of Zherkses' lair. Only The Fang, who entered the guild with him, knows his true name, and the Fang takes on the Wing's role during missions.2
Head assassin
The current Wing has held the post for at least two decades. His record includes the assassination of many influential figures, from pirate lords to entire noble houses. He is known as one of the Empire's most capable assassins and as a man who will take any job. His own boast3
The only target I can't kill lives in the White Palace.3
The Veil's envoy
The Wing is the guild's main point of contact with the mercenary guilds; when they want a target removed, it is the Wing they approach. Twice a year he takes the honorary fourth seat at the Table.3
He also brings new members to the Veil. It was through the Wing that Zherkses made the mage Garamain Hull an offer he could not refuse, sanctuary within the guild. The Wing approached Gazelle with the promise of a new beginning where they could pursue their newly found art, and he tracked down Ulvar the Hunter while Ulvar was in hiding. That Ulvar is allowed to work alongside other groups shows how much the Wing values him.4
Respected by Zherkses and admired by Alana Vardin, the current Wing played a key part in improving Alana's life within the guild.5
The goblin Stabzz claims that he once tried to stab the Wing, and calls it a big mistake; the Wing, by his account, laughed and stabbed him back.6
In battle
The Wing carries a magical shortsword "borrowed" from a high-elven spymaster. He uses the shadows to hide himself and strikes with the precision of a viper. He usually works alone; when he fights alongside others, he leaves the heavy lifting to them and goes straight for the main objective.3
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- MCMercenary Compendium(Bad Badger Games, 2024), pp. 10, 12, 19, 60, 64, 134, 137-139, 142
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Mercenary Compendium (Bad Badger Games, 2024), p. 138. Art by the Bad Badger Games team.
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ÖrgütThe Black VeilOne of the oldest assassin guilds in the Empire, ruled from its lair by the adult black dragon Zherkses the Cruel. Membership lasts for life, fear holds the guild together, and its assassins never take contracts inside Vansreik.KarakterThe FangA cleric of Malakar, patron of thieves, who entered the Black Veil with the current Wing and serves as the guild's head of intelligence and bookkeeper, reporting each week to the dragon Zherkses.KarakterUlvar the HunterA headhunter from the north, wanted in the Empire for killing a ranking official, who was found in hiding by the Wing and reluctantly joined the Black Veil. Unusually sociable for the guild, he often visits Vansreik.KarakterGaramain HullA wizard expelled from Archon for his fascination with forbidden spells, hunted by witch hunters for practising magic without papers, who found sanctuary in the Black Veil and became its head arcanist.KarakterGazelle the LamenterA bard of the Black Veil, trained at the Empire's College, who after losing their inspiration found a dark new art in violence and was recruited by the Wing.
YerVansreikA lawless city inside the Great Crater of Mortenox on the south-western edge of the Empire, grown up around the Deep Pit, whose noble houses, church and rival mercenary guilds compete for the riches buried beneath it.
YerDeep PitThe vast pit at the centre of the crater of Vansreik, a dungeon over the ruins of the old City of Mortenox whose entry is regulated by Tickets that the mercenary companies of the city compete for.
KarakterDonald WhentThe founder and high commander of the Eagle Brigade, a former Reik Storms captain who staked everything on opening the Deep Pit to Vansreik and made his guild famous with its first expedition there.
KarakterGabriella the KindA renegade battlemage who opposed the Scarlet Spears in the Rebellion of Twinrivers and now works as a freelance mercenary, searching for the mercenary Balthasar to learn why he spared her life.
KarakterNessa SevenembersA young warrior of the Eagle Brigade, still inexperienced beside the other members but of great promise, who fights in the front line with a war pick.