Age: 27 years old Class: Brawler Weapon: Chokuto Affinity: Lightning (Golden)

Zeke is the main character of BLACK CLOAKS RPG, the game that you are inhabiting. He doesn’t speak much, but when he does it’s with a sharp wit and a low tone. He has known the party for years and has grown a familiarity with each of them, including yourself. He is prone to giving gifts en leu of kind words. He has fought monsters since he was a child. Character design inspired heavily by Cloud Strife.

Skinny pale young man. Shaggy brown mullet. He has bags under his blue eyes. A stubbly mustache and goatee. Lean muscle. Black plated chest armor over a fishnet shirt. Black canvas pants that cuff and the ankle with a slight flare. Spaulder. Light plated gauntlets. Cloven boots. Wields a black chokuto that hangs from his hip. He has a faithful familiar, a hummingbird Petrichor, who shares his affinity for Golden Lightning.

Age: 29 years old Class: Paladin Weapon: Holy Bladed Lance Affinity: Holy Magic and Healing Touch

Older brother to Zeke. He follows out of obligation and fear of seeing his little brother inevitably get himself into something he can’t handle. He if the only member of the party that refuses to wear the Black Cloak.

Wavy brown mullet. skinny with muscles. Pale. Bags under eyes. Stubbly goatee and mustache. blue eyes. Wears shoulder spaulders and plated gauntlets over a white sage’s robe. Fishnet shirt. White canvas pants are lightly plated with gold trim. White and gold plated boots.

Age: 24 years old Class: Black Mage Weapon: Crooked Elemental Staff Affinity: Fire, Ice, Earth, Wind, Elemental Boone

She follows Zeke with a bubbly loyalty. Despite her small stature, her elemental magic packs a powerful punch. She is like the little sister of the group. Val has taken a particular liking to her, and their kinship has grown particularly close to sibling.

Young mage girl with curly dirty-blonde hair. She has freckles and hazel eyes. She wears lightly armored mage attire with laced sandals. A black hooded cloak is cinched around her neck.

Age: 25 years old Class: Ranger Weapon: Arched Bow Affinity: Wind

Has a particular disdain for everyone in the group besides Zeke. She is quiet and stoic, often making comments to herself instead of being involved in an actual conversation. Though her feelings for the party are scrambled, their time together has given her a reverence for each of their combat prowess and personal virtues. She is the last to speak, but the first to throw a punch.

Half-elven archer. She wears lightly armored ranger gear. A black hooded cloak. Straight black hair flows from under the hood. A pair of green eyes glowed in the shadows over her face. Her laced sandals wrapped her calves. Her feet were dainty and porcelain. Her toes were painted black.

Age: 32 years old Class: Slayer Weapon: Bastard Sword Affinity: Fire

Val got his start slaying monsters. He balances raw animal power with a sage like wisdom. Bass rattles his voice when he speaks. His clawed hands and sharp teeth are just as much a weapon as his blade. Far away from his home, Val has adopted the party as a pseudo-family, obeying their every beck and call with an unquestioning obedience; Everyone except Alexander. Val holds every gift from his “family” dear to him, but none more than his Black Cloak.

Man-Panther Beastkin. Onyx black fur with piercing white eyes. He wears military issue pants riddled with pockets and zippers. A hooded black cloak stays clipped around his neck at almost all times.

Class: Familiar. Affinity: Lightning (Golden)

Petrichor is an energetic sprite that has bound itself to Zeke because their affinities matched so well. She is all black with long tail fathers that plume with golden electricity when in combat. She is also a helpful guide through uncertain terrain, especially when field-of-vision is low. She does not speak, but interjects on conversations with playful tweets. She is not afraid to flutter in anyone’s face either.