Dragon: The Embers Core Book - MrGone's Character Sheets

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fields, but not nearly as quickly or as
effectively as a legitimate horde of allies
would.
Jesse has spent all of his Merit dots,
but has realized he did not put anything
towards Resources. He considers
rearranging his Merits, but Frank (eager to
finish the character creation process) says
the Bartender’s devotees help cover the bill
for his big appetite.
Jesse’s sinister Bartender is almost
complete mechanically. He need simply
assign a Virtue and Vice, mark down his
Ethics, and determine his other traits.
Jesse has already decided the
Bartender’s Vice is Gluttony. Too long has
addiction plagued him in his vain attempt to
escape his own life. Deep down he hates
himself for being so flawed, so he looks for
answers at the bottom of a bottle. At least
he did until he started looking for them at
the back of somebody’s intestines. Despite
the sickly degenerated shell of a man the
Bartender has become, he still dreams of
kicking his need for addiction. Jesse
declares the Bartender’s Virtue is Hope.
Jesse has already sold two dots of the
Bartender’s Ethics, so it starts at 5. Frank
doesn’t ask for justification as this sacrifice
makes sense for a serial killer.
Now Jesse must calculate and mark
down the Bartender’s other traits.
This portion has been excised in
accordance with the “Dark Pack” agreement.
Jesse’s Bartender needs a name. He
decides to be a smart-ass, so using a random
number generator he tries to invent a first
name. The luck of the draw gives him a
four-letter name with two vowels and two
consonants, and those turn out to be “u” “e”
“k” and “x”. Xuke. Frank says it’s a little
funky, but considering a name that sounds
even remotely cool came out of a random
number generator, he lets Jesse use it with a
spelling change. “Zuke” becomes the last
name of the Bartender, and vicariously his
nickname. Zuke needs a first name, though,
and Jesse decides to go with Damian.
Damian Zuke, sinister Bartender of
the Rotten Luck, looks to be in his midthirties,
though he’s actually twenty-seven.
Spiraling down the drain of alcoholism,
Zuke purchased his bar from its previous
owner in a vain attempt to fill his need for
booze vicariously through his patrons. As
the liquor left his system a hole remained,
and in a scuffle against a rowdy patron that
hole found a new plug.
Zuke needs to kill frequently or he
begins to go into withdrawal. Because of
this, he will begin play with the Addiction
flaw. This need is rooted in his soul, an
impulse to deaden his feelings of selfloathing.
He acquired his Oroboroi Heart
and became a Trickster because of this
addiction; one of the lingering patrons he
vanquished had it in her possession, and he
discovered it as he burned her effects in the
bar’s furnace. The sickly sweet smell of the
fireproof flesh overpowered Zuke’s
inhibitions, and he fetched it from the flames
for his plate.
Despite becoming supernatural,
Zuke’s life did not really change much. His
methods of dealing with prey had been
enhanced, but overall he was the same
monster. In fact, his targets were
indiscriminate until a conniving Blood
Dragon (one of the other players) made a
deal. She would supply him with trace-free
targets in exchange for friendship and favors.
Little does Zuke know these targets are
actually unfavorable residents of the Blood
Dragon’s Province.
Frank says it sounds like a great start.
He reclaims the books from Jesse so that he
can help the other players make their
characters.