Name: Zande Khanda
Epithet: The Vulture
Age: 31
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 195 pounds
Race: Human
Class: Warrior
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Weapons and Equipment- Two three kilo bearded sparth axes with snap button sheathes for fast access, skinning knife, blowgun and darts with inland taipan venom, teeny little leather pouches of spitting cobra venom, rubber soled boots with three eight inch steel claws on each foot, steel chestplate and spiked pauldrons, steel shinguards, underclothing made from chain mail, trained pet vulture acting as a spotter, black steel mask, and fingerless iron gauntlets.


(The axe "Jancro", slang for Vulture in Jamaican)


(The axe "Hot Steppa", slang for Free Criminal)

Appearance- Zande is a tall, lean man whose musculature is best likened to that of a starved jaguar. The dense, tube-like muscles adorning his long arms and legs allow him to exude a great air of physical prowess despite his wiry look. Unwashed dreadlocks hang over lurid, amber eyes whilst high cheekbones accentuate his abnormal jaw muscles, the feral aspect pushed even further by his sharpened teeth. He often wears the skulls of recent victims upon his belt and is not often seen without his rubber padded, steel clawed boots and black steel tribal mask. Zande's cape, however, is by far his most recognizable feature. A skull and crossbones is sewn upon the ratty cloak, surmising the headhunter's passion for inflicting death.



Physical Abilities/Skills- Zande's untamed strength is far greater than his appearance would suggest, albeit reasonably less than that of a formidable professional weightlifter. He can wrestle and subdue wild beasts with just his bare hands and overpower a stronger opponent through pure tenacity. These traits greatly pale in comparison to his incredible biting and striking power. He can and has killed men with a single well-aimed punch, and never neglects to train his jaws by chewing through blocks of wood and chunks of rubber, being capable of chomping clean through an unhusked coconut with a single bite. The magnitude is most impressive near the back of his molars, where he can leverage out enough brute force to rival the PSI of a dire wolf. Equally impressive is Zande's great speed and agility, which his lean body is practically built for. He can scurry up and down trees in the blink of an eye and move with a silent swiftness that puts to shame his native brethren. He can amplify the potency of his physical capabilities by consuming a special potion, which grants him animalistic power at the cost of sanity and internal bleeding.

Background~ In the darkest depths of a savage jungle wilderness, shrouded in dread Congo secrets beneath a sky of eternal blackness, there existed a tribe of maneaters. One would think that there would be no bottom amidst the depths of their depravity. Yet, a young boy native to this landscape of monsters found it. The word "bloodthirsty" is often thrown about. However, no other description of Zande holds so true. He was exiled from his village for exceptional reasons and became a freelance mercenary and bandit leader, feared across the land. He's a cannibal and a headhunter, who seeks to further his reputation by collecting the skulls of formidable opponents.


Looking out from the entrance to Zande's lair. The inside is remarkably large, yet with so little elbow room.

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Name: Maximilian "Max the Crass" Steinberg
Height and Weight: 5'4" 160 lbs
Aged: 22
Occupation: Mercenary

Appearance: Maximilian appears a man of short stature with a far bigger attitude. He has a thick, stocky, muscular frame though draped in several layers of thick armor. His armor is covered in clothes designs primarily for aesthetics though also for convenience. He wears a loose undercoat of thick, white wool just over his armor, covering it from his waist to his neck, to his wrists. A halter-top-like piece covers his torso which ends in a knot keeping the piece secure and itself kept in place by a ring extruding from his steel armor. Over that, he wears what appears to be a brown, fur trench coat. The buttons are undone and the sleeves rolled up. Covering the armor on his forearms along with the white undercoat, is a blue-dyed sleeve cut intricately along its length is tied to his overcoat. His armor extends into a 12-inch long, ornate codpiece which curved upward at the tip. Strung up by suspenders and anchored to the same ring as his halter top are a pair of gold-dyed shorts attached to blue sleeves matching those covering his forearms, extending from over his knee down into his steel-toed, leather boots.

Equipment:
Weaponry:
Hildigunnr - A five foot long zweihander with a long, straight, steel blade. The primary hilt wrapped in several layers of leather for comfort. The main cross guard extends five inches from the sword at either side, built from thick steel. The secondary handle is roughly six inches long to accommodate one hand. The secondary hilt juts out from the blade only an inch and a half with a sharp point pointing outward. The pommel is a steel ball structure threaded onto the hilt keeping the primary cross guard and handle in place. It is inlaid with five, sharp pieces of obsidian arranged in a pentagon along the tip of the pommel obviously used for striking.
Freya - An arm-length rapier with an undulating-styled blade. It features a cup hilt and a wooden grip carved to be comfortable for a wearer with or without gauntlets. The pommel is constructed primarily from steel starting from where it begins screwing onto the tang. However, it is capped with a piece of silver in which a piece of flint was molded into. Its leather sheathe is tied to Maximilian's belt.

Armor:
Maximilian's armor is composed of several layers and pieces. In colder weather, his base layer is a layered wool one-piece designed to trap heat. In warmer weather, he wears a much thinner, silk shirt just enough to cover his body from wrists to neck to ankles. He wears linen socks in warm weather and wool socks in cold weather. He wears a cloth sweatband just before his hairline which acts to both keep his helmet on, and to keep sweat from getting onto it.

His secondary layer is composed of a chain mail shirt which covers his entire upper body to his neck, a chain coif covering the rest of his upper body, and chain sleeves which cover his legs designed to fit snugly over them. The third layer of his armor is steel plate armor. It consists of a chest piece, a knight's visor, a piece covering his upper arms, steel gauntlets covering his hands and forearms, and steel chaps covering the entirety of his legs. The joints of the armor feature cracks which, in addition to providing movement, also provide a form of insulation to keep Maximilian cool in the heat of battle.

Attached to his chest armor on a similarly sturdy steel hinge is his lengthy codpiece and the most ornate part of his armor. The base up to six inches down the shaft depicts men tilling fields, a picture stamped into the metal. The next three inches are inlaid gold plates crafted into a floral pattern. The very last part is the tip, attached to the rest of the codpiece with a hinge. The hinge allows one to open up the codpiece from the tip. The very bottom can be tucked into Maximilian's shorts, then untucked and lifted up in case of emergency.

Though the palms of his gauntlets are leather to provide better dexterity, the tip of his middle finger is constructed of a special lighting steel made specially to be struck against the flint on the hilt of Maximilian's sword Freya.

Miscellanea:
Wine: Maximilian keeps a casket of wine inside his codpiece, the bottle just big enough to fit inside. Pieces of cloth are stuffed into the codpiece in order to keep the bottle in place. A corkscrew is attached to the bottle's cork cap, extending out of the tip of the codpiece.

Olive Oil: A leather skin filled with olive oil. Maximilian keeps it attached to his belt, opposite the side of his Freya.

Physical Prowess:
He can bench press over 200 pounds, squat over 400 pounds, and deadlift over 400 pounds. He can run two miles in under fourteen minutes. In spite of his stature and built, Maximilian is surprisingly athletic and capable of doing these physical feats in full armor.