The Grey Angels Agents are a clandestine organization of neutral monk assassins and enforcers in the service of multiple ruling Kings and figures of high power to whom that can afford them and are worthy of their alliance. Their operatives bear no official title, but are referred to in hushed tones as “Reapers” by residents of large Elven, Human and Dwarven cities.
You are a Grey Angel agent. Your duty is to silence dissidents who would undermine the will of King or figure if power and authority of which you are currently in service of—and more importantly, the will of the Grey Angels.
- Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Stealth, Survival
- Tool Proficiencies: Poisoner’s kit, Alchemist’s supplies.
- Languages: Two of your choice
- Equipment: A set of common clothes, a fine black cloak with a hood, a poisoner’s kit, alchemist’s kit, and a pouch containing 50 gp
Happy people aren’t typically selected to join the Grey Angels. The assembly of figures that run the Grey Angles, known as Black Angels, do not often prey upon talented individuals who have been broken by tragedy— rather these figures find some form of determination and bring themselves to find them in the presence of a Grey Angel Monastery. Im some cases, tragedy that the Grey Angels must deal with is raising the orphans they bring in to raise and train. A slightly broken mind is more easily reshaped and reeducated, and life can have purpose. Choose the tragedy that set you on this path, or roll on the Tragedies table.
| d6 | Tragedy |
|---|---|
| 1 | Familicide. Through deceit or manipulation, the Volstrucker convinced you to slaughter your own family. |
| 2 | Amnesia. You were forced to study magic so potent that it strained your mind beyond mortal limits, stealing away the memories of your past. |
| 3 | Capture. You were captured and tortured by agents of the Kryn Dynasty, and barely escaped. |
| 4 | Starvation. A terrible blight afflicted your rural village, and many of your friends and family members starved to death. You survived, but only barely. |
| 5 | Disfigurement. One of your arcane experiments went wrong and scarred or dismembered you so gravely that others now shun you. Only the Volstrucker showed you kindness after that day. |
| 6 | Vicissitude. You were once the scion of a wealthy family who lost their entire fortune in the blink of an eye. |
You have access to the Hrey Angel shadow network, which allows you to communicate with other members of the order over long distances. If you write a letter in a special arcane ink, address it to a member of the Grey Angel, and cast it into a fire, the letter will burn to cinders and materialize whole again on the person of the agent you addressed it to.
The ink used to send a letter across the shadow network is the same as that used by a wizard to scribe spells in a spellbook. Writing a letter in this ink costs 10 gp per page.
Suggested Characteristics
Agents of the Grey Angels are groomed to follow orders without question, on the surface, and to kill without mercy. Assissnations are weighed out by the Black Angels. If you are meant to receive a message detailing your target, you are given a scroll with a black wax seal with the image of angelic wings folded inward and in the middle is a diamond. inside the scroll is all the information and instructions deemed necessary for you to know. After you accept the contract, you sign your name on the scroll. The contract with the contents is magically transported back to the Grey Angel’s headquarters, known as Havenbreak, for record keeping and the upholding of the contract should it be broken.
The trauma that brings one into the order can fester even more strongly against the darkness of a Grey Angel agent’s assignments. Officially, no one ever leaves the order—but those desperate enough do whatever it takes to gain some measure of freedom. I’m rare cases, some have been able to walk away from the darker side of life.
| d6 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I prefer to keep my thoughts to myself. |
| 2 | I indulge vice in excess to quiet my conscience. |
| 3 | I’ve left emotion behind me. I’m now perfectly placid. |
| 4 | Some event from the past keeps worming its way into my mind, making me restless. |
| 5 | I always keep my word—except when I’m commanded to break it. |
| 6 | I laugh off insults and never take them personally. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Order. The will of the crown is absolute. (Law) |
| 2 | True Loyalty. The Cerberus Assembly is greater than any power, even the crown. (Law) |
| 3 | Death. The penalty for disloyalty is death. (Evil) |
| 4 | Determination. I cannot fail. Not ever. (Neutral) |
| 5 | Fear. People should not respect power. They should fear it. (Evil) |
| 6 | Escape. The Volstrucker are pure evil! I can’t atone for what I’ve done for them, but I can escape with my life. (Any) |
| d4 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | The job is all that matters. I will see it through. |
| 2 | My orders are important, but my comrades are worth more than anything. I would die for them. |
| 3 | Everything I’ve done, I’ve done to protect someone close to me. |
| 4 | If the empire falls, all of civilization falls with it. I will hold back chaos and barbarism at any cost. |
| d4 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I drink to dull the pain in the back of my head. |
| 2 | I go a bit mad when I see blood. |
| 3 | I can hear the voices of everyone I’ve killed. I see their faces. I can’t be free of these ghosts. |
| 4 | Fear is a powerful motivator. I will do whatever it takes to prevent those who know what I am from seeing me fail, and from those I care about from knowing what I am. |
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