Faust

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 * Race: Intellectual Human
 * Languages: Cygnar, Sylvan, Trollkin

Careers

 * Military Officer
 * Investigator

Abilities

 * Battlefield coordination
 * Astute
 * Hyperperception
 * Battleplan - call to action, natural leader, team leader
 * Flawless timing

Equipment

 * Holster
 * surgical kit
 * gunsmith kit
 * Rope 20'
 * leather armor
 * flint striker
 * magnifying glass
 * spyglass
 * compass
 * waterskin
 * 2 repeating pistols
 * cane/club
 * Bandoleer

Connections
Cygnar Military | Wealthy Patrons

Story
Faust and his twin sister, Delia, were born as love children between Rhiner Faust and Heike Rainecourt. As master vintner in King's Vine, Rhiner circulated around influential houses along the Black River. Throughout all of his travels, one young lady held his attention - the beautiful Heike, second daughter of Baroness Rohessa Rainecourt, Lady Mayor of King's Vine. Their courtship was passionate and brief. They eloped three months after meeting and Delia and Dortmund were born eight months later. As the relationship and children were disclosed to the court, Rhiner was shunned and Heike stayed by his side. The Fausts relocated further downriver and set up a winemaking operation on more marginal land. Heike still maintained connection with her family and would return to King's vine yearly. Dortmund and Delia usually accompanied her.

Heike grew increasingly unhappy living with Rhiner over time. Their passion turned into passionate arguments. The winemaking venture was a constant struggle and their livelihood seemed to offer little promise of better times. During Dortmund's tenth year, Heike and Delia departed for King's Vine, but seemingly never arrived. The Rainecourts opened an investigation and harassed Rhiner extensively. He was arrested and put on trial, but never convicted. Still, this caused his downfall. Rhiner's reputation was ruined and was unable to find work. His turn to drinking and gambling only punctuated his downward spiral.

By age thirteen, Dortmund Faust was effectively orphaned. One of his aunts, Ute Rainecourt, took pity on him and sponsored his schooling, but ended her sponsorship on his eighteenth birthday. Penniless and desperate for a sense of brotherhood and rootedness, Faust joined the Cygnar army. His schooling and intelligence earned him a role as sergeant. He served in the First Army, 3rd division, stationed at Stonebridge castle. Faust proved himself a capable soldier and inventive field tactician, but he was a miserably poor shot with a rifle. He was assigned to the field medical corps and attached to a platoon in one of the heavy infantry brigades. Faust served for four years and was on the brink of earning a promotion when he suffered a crippling injury when his platoon was ambushed while on patrol in the Thornwood. Faust's platoon was decimated and he was lucky to survive.

Presumed dead, Faust was incapacitated in the fighting and he awoke the next day after the firefight ended and the Khador forces moved on. Faust scrambled back to his base and was sent to convalesce in Corvis. His prognosis for recovery was poor and he agreed to an honorable discharge. He still walks with a limp and uses a cane, mostly out of habit. With a military career behind him, Faust looked ahead to other possibilities. From his brief time around the Rainecourts, he knew that the nobility often hire private companies to look into matters with discretion, independent of legal constraint. Faust was inspired to service this need and perhaps reach for other opportunities once he secured independent footing.

Milestones

 * Who you gonna call? Grey Griffens!
 * Create a premier detective agency. With few other options available, Faust wants to make a name for himself through work as an investigative mercenary charter.


 * You can count on me, your grace
 * Faust aspires to earn the respect and trust of political elites in the Cygnar kingdom. He feels rejected by his Rainecourt relations and slighted by his father's fall from grace. The best way to redress this situation is to become invaluable to the nobility and other political players in the kingdom.


 * Where's my sis?
 * Amidst these aspirations, Faust hopes to learn what happened to his mother and sister. He believes Delia is still alive - as her twin, he still "feels" an active connection to her life force.