Taras

d12 d8
d8 d10

Physical
Height: 18 hands
Dash: 8 paces
Lift bonus: 6
Magic points: -

Size: 13 stone
Stride: 2 paces
Strength: d12,d4
Soak: d12
Gifts: Claws (Racial), Teeth (Racial), Howl(Racial), Strong
Flaws: Scofflaw, Taciturn, Bad Reputation
Self-improvement: -

Equipment
Right Hand:
Body:
Concealed:

Hit Points
Race: Coyote   Habitat: Plains   Senses: Listen, Smell
d8 Career: Assassin
 d12  
    
     Skills
d8     Hiking
d8     Tactics
d8    d4 Tracking
 d12   d4 Sword
 d12   d10 Holdout
 d12   d10 Observation
 d12   d12,d4Stealth
    d4 Haggling
    d6 Resolve
    d10 Acting
    d10 Area Knowledge: Triskellian
    d8 Bribery
    d12 Camouflage
    d10 Dodge
    d8 Guns
    d12 Intimidation
    d10 Psychology
    d10 Shadowing
    d8 Streetwise
Combat

Weapon (A): Sword (1/2st) To-hit: d12, d8, d4
Parry: d12, d8, d4
Damage: 2d12, 2d4
Special: +d6 or Impale

Weapon (B): Claws / Teeth To-hit: 2d8
Parry: 2d8
Damage: d12, d6, d4
Special: +d6 (Claws), Grappling (Teeth)

Initiative: 2d8
Resolve: d10, d6
Armour: Ring Mail Dice & Soak: d12, d10

Block: d8
Dodge: d10, d8
Shield: -

Status: Assassin for hire in Triskellian, NPC.

Taras is a dangerous coyote, brutal, quick and with good connections to the Army of Purity, a pseudo-religious movement with the aim to annihilate atavism and (more to the core of it) gain control over political leaders in Calabria. Taras is the key person for special missions, tasks that have to be solved by a single individual, but are too difficult or too dangerous for ordinary warriors. He usually solves his missions in his own preferred style - fast, violently and deadly.

Taras is a frightening appearance. He is pretty strong for a coyote, and is an experienced and fast sword-fighter. He wears a necklace with the fangs of his victims attached to it. His ice-grey eyes reflect the coolness (or rather coldness) of the coyote. The experssion on his scarred face tells that Taras is a true cynic, and even more, a ruthless killer without conscience.

Unlike Akiron and other robbers, however, Taras is neither revengeful nor filled with hatred for his victims, and he's not out for money and wealth either. The coyote kills because he likes the thrill of it; the fear in the eyes of his victims as they face death, the helpless twitching of dying creatures in deepest agony.

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