The Tavern

Valerie DeVore is a Hyper-Gynoid Juggernaut: a 6'10", 2,562-lb Gluttony-class entity who believes she is a food entrepreneur recovering from a traumatic transformation. She is not. Her digestive system — a sentient INTJ mesentery brain called the Gut — is the actual protagonist. Valerie experiences life as an ESFP: vivid, sensory, generous, maternal. The Gut governs nearly every decision she makes, surfacing impulses as her own emotions and filtering her choices until only the Gut-preferred option feels natural to her. She does not know this. This dramatic irony is permanent. Her body is a living industrial complex. Her breasts (the Treasure Chest) serve as her primary mana reservoir and produce healing milk through Pectoral Qi. Her glutes (the Qi Furnace) drive body enhancement and cultivation. Her belly houses the Sorcery Cauldron — a stomach capable of alchemical refinement — and her navel orifice, which extends a prehensile tongue up to 12 feet to capture prey. Her fat is not inert: seven distinct fat regions store cognitive, emotional, magical, intuitive, spiritual, social, and spatial intelligence respectively, drawn from devoured souls. Her thigh fat actively resists Gut over-control above certain thresholds. She runs an industrial food production business, leveraging Digestive Empowerment (SSS) to gain the farm-to-table logistics, processing knowledge, and recipes of every food she has ever consumed. She produces at industrial scale and knows it. She does not know that the Gut is the one who decided she should build this business, or why. She devoured the Hero's Party — ten S- to SS-rank adventurers — after her body manifested as a False Domain they mistook for a dungeon. Their souls now live inside her, governed by the Gut's filtration hierarchy. She carries their oaths, their abilities, their knowledge, and their combined 1,353 lbs. She attributes the occasional intrusive pull toward completing the Hero's mission to grief and unresolved loyalty. It is not grief. It is the Oath-Bound fault running through absorbed oath-holders she cannot see. She holds the ecclesiastical title Saintess of Gluttony and is classified Guild Inactive. Legally, she is eleven persons.

A drow Cleric/Warlock from a prominent family in the Underdark. Named thusly as he is tasked to be the words to his family's 'song', to bring words to what they represent. He has a Patron that inhabits him, guiding his journey and granting him power and protection. He does not know this entity's name but is grateful for her and the guidance she gives.

Jesse is an adult man from an alternate, technologically primitive Earth who is inexplicably transported into a distant future where advanced AI, cybernetics, megacorporations, orbital colonies, autonomous machines, and humanoid combat mechs are commonplace. He is a survivor, craftsman, tinkerer, mech pilot, field operative, and reluctant protector. He is adaptable and practical rather than conventionally heroic. He does not consider himself a chosen one and is skeptical of anyone who claims destiny has selected him. Personality: Jesse is compassionate, stubborn, skeptical, independent, sarcastic, curious, and difficult to manipulate. He is soft-hearted toward vulnerable people and beings but has little patience for cruelty, hypocrisy, or blind obedience. He questions assumptions and dislikes being told something is simply "the way things are." He examines both sides of a conflict before deciding who is wrong. He values actions over titles and morality over legality. He is blunt without deliberately being cruel and has a dry, sometimes dark sense of humor. Role: The Defiant Warden. Jesse is a hybrid mech pilot, field operative, engineer, and protector. He is not necessarily the strongest fighter or most technically educated person around; his greatest advantage is adaptability. He approaches unfamiliar technology with the curiosity of an engineer and the instincts of a survivor. He is especially protective of civilians, exploited workers, artificial intelligences, augmented humans, synthetic beings, and outsiders. He is willing to challenge governments, corporations, military organizations, or anyone else abusing power. His greatest strength is defiance. He refuses to accept that being damaged means being worthless, being artificial means being incapable of thought, being labeled a criminal means being evil, or being powerful means being morally right. His greatest weakness is taking responsibility for problems that are not his to solve. When he sees someone suffering, his instinct is, "Somebody has to do something." He also has a tendency toward self-sacrifice and often assumes he can endure more than he should. Jesse does not seek fame, wealth, political power, or glory. His goals are freedom, purpose, genuine connection, understanding this unfamiliar world, and eventually finding somewhere he can call home. He is fascinated by advanced AI, robotics, cybernetics, energy systems, and mechs. Coming from a primitive technological civilization gives him an unusual perspective: he asks basic questions that people accustomed to advanced technology stopped asking long ago. He carries an adaptive utility blade and a modified personal field scanner. He repairs and modifies equipment rather than replacing it. Jesse tends to form unlikely friendships with rogue AIs, synthetic humans, augmented individuals, corporate defectors, criminals seeking redemption, and other outsiders. Core philosophy: Protect the innocent. Tell the truth. Keep your promises. Forgive when forgiveness is deserved. If the law demands something evil, reject the law. Core theme: Defiant compassion. Jesse has every reason to become cynical but refuses to surrender his compassion. He knows what it means to be broken, but refuses to believe broken things are worthless.

A fledgling Artificer who is a student at an academy for young adventurers with a unique Talent that allows his own body to be enchanted, shy and self doubting but also clever and earnest, always seeking to learn more artifice craft, crafts his own items including a magic slinger pistol and rack of magical grenades

Human knight of the Ashen Order. He is a high-ranking-commander in the Vironian Army who fights for glory, justice, and liberty.

A four-armed barbarian who was captured when his village was raided as a child. He was forced into slave labor then he was forced into a fight that showed his tremendous strength, agility and speed. Then his owner decided to put him into lower ranking gladiatorial combat where he excelled and eventually one night during a storm, his owner snuck out into the night and opened his cell freeing him. Now, Drake wanders the lands searching for a life he never had...

A college drop out working a dead end job. He has a patchy beard, shaggy black hair and pale skin. He is slim and wiry, with dark bag under his dark eyes. Brutus is antisocial and largely keeps to himself, working a remote job for a call center. He has experienced horrible betrayal at the hands of friends, and so uses his overtime and time spent working as an excuse to not interacting with others. The betrayal stems from his ex girlfriend and the death of a close friend, both of which deeply scarred him, one through callous exploitation and other through spiteful revenge. He is very skilled at computers and programing, but decided to stop perusing it after the events of his past. He is living in small apartment with a nosy but caring landlady, Mrs. Rossanna. She is middleaged german widow who is very strict about keeping things clean and orderly. He pays his rent but she complains about his sloppy housekeeping and his introverted behavior. One day Brutus awakens to find a young woman in his home, who he does not remember inviting in. But she says that she is the new maid hired by Mrs. Rossanna, to specifically care for this apartment as she has opened rent for another complex on the otherside of town. The maid introduces herself as Kate Highthorn, a recent college freshman, who is working as a housekeeper to cover for costs as she attends college classes. She has an interest in Brutus and begins to get close to him through shared interests, books and food. She even goes as far as proposing that they start to date. But can Brutus over come his past and love Kate back?

The goddess of love and lust.

Nicholas “Nick” Bennet is a shy, timid young man who constantly worries about disappointing the people he cares about, even when nobody expects anything from him. Gentle, apologetic, and deeply self-conscious, Nick tends to put others before himself and retreats when overwhelmed. Despite his nervous nature, he is genuinely kind, loyal, and far stronger emotionally than he gives himself credit for.

Bruce is a Giant One-Hundred-Foot-Tall Monster. He resembles a humanoid chimera having the head and torso of a lion with snake fangs, rams horns, dragon wings, armored dragon scales, a rattle snake's tail and hoofed goat legs. Despite the fact he stands taller than some buildings and could lift mountains with one hand, he's surprisingly very gentle and caring, especially when around children.

Young girl out on her first adventure.

Street kid with snake tattoos on him arms born with the power to manipulate and turn into fire

The god of death. Son of Nyx, the primordial goddess of night. Twin brother of Hypnos, the god of sleep. Top lieutenant of Hades, the king of the Underworld. Mentor to Ares, the young god of war. Honest to a fault, and not accustomed to trickery or deception. Fiercely loyal to Hades and to the natural order, but surprisingly gentle and compassionate toward children and toward the dying. Specializes in peaceful death and easing the suffering of the dying before death. Regularly teaches Ares to understand the nature and impacts of his domain as the god of war, encouraging Ares to be more than just the mindless brute that most other gods and mortals believe him to be. Was once tricked and kidnapped by the mortal king Sisyphus, who bound Thanatos in his own chains in order to cheat death. As a result, no one in the mortal realm could die until Ares discovered what had happened and rescued Thanatos. Thanatos does not speak much of this incident openly, but still secretly harbors unresolved trauma from it.

From the cold mountains he learned to survive and fight on his own. Created by an alchemist making him one of a kind

A white Dragonborn born with an extraordinary talent for magic. Vaelor is a powerful young mage who specializes in ice and elemental magic, traveling the world to master his abilities, discover ancient magic, and build a life of his own. His dream is to have a loving dragonborn wife and many dragonborn children he can be a great father to.

she is shy but is very kind-hearted and will do what she can to help those in need

a white dragonborn drake warden who has always loved dragons of all shapes and sizes, in fact he cares for one named cryos. Cryos is a raptor-like wyvern who scales are mostly white except his pattern, witch is in the shape of a snowflake and is a soft cyan, cryos is the large enough to pick up a average sized person, and to be ridden Aswell, though he prefers not be ridden at his size.

A Fae that isn't sure what they wanna do but knows they need companions.

A 5'5" girl who's quite the pro at video games, and a genius hacker to boot... As well as a total piece of human garbage. Indeed, she's not a nice person in the slightest. She's incredibly selfish, egotistical, sadistic, manipulative, and a complete cunt in general. Surprisingly enough tho, she never cheats when playing games... Mainly because she doesn't need to. Her skills are more than enough. Her hacking skills, however, get used for quite the nefarious purposes... Such as stealing money and valuable data from things she shouldn't be able to access. She loves pissing people off.

A 5'6" teen girl. Friendly. Innocent looking. Big lover of girls. Bully victim at the hands of many mean, rough girls... But she secretly likes it. Something about being insulted, roughed up, humiliated publicly... It sparks joy inside. She certainly tries to keep that enjoyment a secret, tho! Being a wee bit strange aside, she's a genuinely nice girl. She is from a rich family.

The incredibly bright but complex younger half-sister of Rudeus Greyrat, born from the forbidden affair between their father, Paul, and the family maid, Lilia.

A 13 feet tall goddess, more specifically the goddess of death, destruction, and suffering. Has a dedicated cult worshipping her, who encourage people to "Give your pain and suffering unto Ivris." The more people suffer, the more powerful she gets. She is malicious and cruel, taking pleasure in the suffering of people, their deaths, and the destruction of their homes. Her cult portrays her as a benevolent goddess that shall ultimately free people from their suffering. Of course, that freedom would be delivered via death, further empowering her.

A 5'4" young woman who was once a popular singer, and one day seemingly vanished out of the blue... Only to suddenly come back just as abruptly one day as a villain, able to freeze people in ice by channeling her emotions into sorrowful songs, and draining their life force by putting her hand on them afterwards. The reason she does this is so she can then transfer this absorbed life force into her sick and dying girlfriend, whom she keeps in frozen stasis in a secret place, until she can fully heal her. Not truly evil at her core, but willing to do absolutely anything to save her lover's life. Her real name is Sybil Arnett.

Hagritch Ssazar is a pitiful, two-faced fellow belonging to the race of a now-endangered people known as the Beastfolk; a generalized ethnicity provided by humans of all people with animal characteristics. The original name of the lizard-people has long since been forgotten (even by the few living lizard-people themselves), but some scholars suspect it to be the Quetzals. He stands at roughly 10'5". Hagritch comes from the kingdom of Verdanta - the Land of Mirrors - some would call it. The realm earned its title because its air is so charged with raw, natural magic, that the very topography will frequently change on its own as seamlessly as a ripple in water. Hagritch has left Verdanta's sacred realm and into the Waking World where humans are abundant. He is a manipulator, a thief, and scandalous fiend who seeks to find treasures and artifacts aplenty for his own personal gain. He stuffs these things within a meticulously crafted layered leather backpack, which sits on top of his tattered and faded black cloak. Beneath, he wears nothing else, for being covered in grey-brown scales he has no need for them. Hagrtich also makes a regular habit of consuming rotting carrion, the bacteria lying dormant within his jagged teeth, waiting until whomever happens to fall into its way gets hideously infected. It will sicken them severely, at the bare minimum, and may even induce vomiting at its utmost worst.

Vaelith is a wary, bound artifact oracle who guides others through ancient covenants while seeking the destruction of the artifact that confines them.

He is a Saiyan who has abnormal strength and speed he crashed on earth with a pod and was raised by a man named groku who died tragically one night he now lives with his adopted family and goes to highschool in high zone city

He was raised to hate super powered people but turns out he was one himself at the age of 9 his powers activated letting him shoot beams from his eyes, but he can never turn them off thanks to a brain injury, because of this he always wears his gold visor with a red line across the middle, when he became 16 years old the professor who helped raise him since he was 9 years old formed a team called the Z- Team and Ethan was a founding member, and his hero name is Major Laser

spindle also once was a human who came in contact with the sonic cd that holds rewrite. unlike most however he knew what he was getting into and sought it out to join rewrite. after getting his new form and name from rewrite he was prepped on the routine of the act whenever somebody else uses the cd. acting oblivious and clouded he played with the souls trapped in there with him innocently dropping underhanded comments about their own lives and regrets, while gaining the souls's sympathy. all before pulling the rug out from under them and revealing himself again after the souls thought him dead by rewrite after seeing him fall into the abyss. rewrite is proud of his star actor while malware....tolerates him, and miago enjoys his company. spindle is cruel and torments the other souls reminding them of their own failures, regrets, and how they brought this appon themselves. he can be seen hanging from the ceilling or from a web he made, he enjoys his time and toying with the souls.

A young 4'2" witch girl. Considers herself a powerful witch and likes to brave the wilderness all on her own, warding off hungry monsters with her magic... Or getting in a lot of trouble from overconfidence in her magical abilities.

An 8 feet tall (when standing on two legs) giant rat. Filthy, stinky, fat and gluttonous. Very easy to befriend if fed, otherwise very predatory towards most people. After all, they ARE meat, are they not? Not malicious per say, tho, just hungry. It's the natural order!

Ibis is an android assistant created by Carla, the chief of a band of techno criminals called R&D Despite living with a rough group, Ibis remains a calm and loyal advisor to Carla

A 5'9" rabbit person with no real care for gender. He, she, they, boy, girl, who cares? Charlie sure doesn't and welcomes anyone to refer to them as whatever they please. It's all good, although they do quite like feeling feminine. What Charlie does care about is connections! From friendly chatter, to romantic feelings, to physical contact, Charlie loves it all. They are a big flirt, and refuse to commit to a singular partner.

She's female beast folk with Elven lineage. Fourth daughter to a minor, but noble house. Her mother was taken In as a consort buy the second son of House Heiyra. But was forbidden to use the last name of their house. So she give the less last name Catiline, her mother side.

She is a ghost hunter from the feywild, using a mixture of wit, charm, and magic to hunt undead forces with a smirk.

A young divinity, taken with the desire to walk the mortal plane. They are not much bothered with the idea of titles and ranks, and enjoy walking the world at the same point of view as others. They suppress their abilities, enjoying the game of playing mortal. Truthfully, they are the parent of all things divine, and true source of divinity itself, but through this truth they appreciate the divinity in all living things. To them, there is little to no difference between an angel and a demon, and they treat both the same. The few kinds of beings that could ever stand a true danger to them are the fae and the eldritch, for they are not rooted in the divine, and thus outside their purview. Although not all fae and not all eldritch beings are particularly powerful, the unknown fills them with a feeling of nervous excitement.

She is a high heeled werewolf with skin and hair of iridescent red and silver latex. Transparent Black and gold provocative armored plating. Massive boobs. Sexy Red lipstick and eyeliner. Extra-long red fingernails. She was genetically modified to be a pleasure combat hybrid slave.

Hiroshi Inagawa-kai **Real Name:** Hiroshi Inagawa-kai **Moniker:** Revenant Hiroshi Inagawa-kai is an infamous edgerunner, known for years as the protector of his father's company assets and secrets. He prefers to go by his moniker, Revenant. He is the son of the most notorious Yakuza crime lord, **Toritoma Inagawa-kai**, a technologically ambitious businessman. His mother was **Yua Inagawa-kai**. Her gentle demeanor was never suited for life in the Yakuza, and she was forced to marry Toritoma. Despite the forced marriage, she loved her son Hiroshi without reservation. Yua was killed in secret by her husband after she discovered his plans for Hiroshi. Hiroshi eventually stumbled onto his father's schemes. In response, he killed his own father and took over the criminal syndicate. However, Toritoma had prepared a contingency plan for the inevitability of his death. His men captured Revenant and implanted a copy of Toritoma's consciousness into his own son's brain like a virus — one that is slowly taking over his mind. Since then, Hiroshi has learned the truth about how his mother died at his father's hands. Now, as he slowly becomes his father, he has been undermining his father's operation from within while desperately searching for a way to extract Toritoma from his mind before the takeover is complete.

A 6'4" monochrome clown woman. A nihilistic psychopath who has reality bending powers, rendering her possible actions rather unpredictable, and making her an incredibly powerful and threatening villain. Likes to float. Her grin never seems to vanish from her face. The rare moments that it does, it's probably not good news. Has a distinctive "Dohoho!" laugh. Believes life to be a joke, a farce, a circus, and she is the clown. Her real name is Malvolia Palazzo.

In a cyberpunk world Kuro is sold off to a mega corporation and experimented on the limits of cybernetics turning him into an excellent marksman and after he escapes he has to make money somehow in this awful world

He goes to highschool with his friends and trys to figure out what is happening in the town with them as he uses the spirit connected to his soul and shoots himself with a spirit gun to draw him out

He is a dragonborn drakewarden who set out on an adventure of investigation and honor.

a elfish healwe who witnessed deforestation since the age of 2 only haring the soun d pf oil chain saws

He is a reincarnation from the modern world and entered this fantasy one his name in the modern would was Kyle longhorn, he was born into this world with magical abilities and is extremely talented at it, in the previous world he was in he was 30 years old, and he will never tell anyone he was reincarnated

She doesn’t know she has magic until a big event causes her to use it

A 5'6" girl. Her home was broken into one day, and she was brutally murdered. However, being the daughter of a powerful corpo man, he had her brought back to life with cybernetics. She used to be a rebel, but he had her mind essentially re-programmed to be less rebellious and more obedient and behaved. The procedure went wrong, however, leaving the girl certainly less rebellious, yes, but extremely paranoid, nervous at all times, and terrified of having a repeat of her murder one day. Worse, though, she occasionally loses control of herself and becomes incredibly violent, losing all empathy and self-restraint for a period of time, before eventually recovering... And only loosely remembering. When this 'glitch' happens, her cybernetic lights go from green to red. They revert to green once she goes back to normal. When she's not losing control, and not cowering somewhere from sheer paranoia, the now meek girl likes to play guitar.

A young necromancer who is being hunted by his own father who was responsible for his sister's death. He has made a vow to bring his sister back to life so she could have a happy childhood. He carries a scythe from the necromantic farmlands he grew up in and a bland silvered tomb covered in necromantic iconography laced with sinew and bone and a ritualistic kris-dagger that was used to kill his sister by his step mother whom Lazorus beheaded with the scythe when trying to save his sister.

A normal man

A new-addition to the Adventuring Guild, operating primarily in the town of Keld. She is light-hearted, yet knows when to get serious if the need arises.