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Cyrus
Archetype: Human Diseased
Hillbilly
With a crudely constructed cyber
mouth stuck in a perpetual sneer, Cyrus and his boys are afflicted with a
genetically induced skin condition that has led each of them to replace
much of theirs with cyberware. That which the ware can’t cover is usually
replaced regularly with the skin of corpses, as well as unlucky hikers
that run upon their small farm in the deep rural hills. The patriarch of
the clan, Cyrus keeps his boys, none of which are all too bright, in line
with slaps and whippings, and they’re prepared to fight to the death to
protect their father, probably because the alternate would be none too
pleasing should he survive.
Cyrus regularly leads his crew to
known criminal body dumping grounds to salvage what ware they can, as well
as flesh and the occasional organ, from the bodies. Hikers who wander
across the grounds are usually treated to being hung upside down for days,
their bodies filled with nutrients and their skin readied for when it’s
time to take them to the barn. (You really don’t want to end up in the
barn.) Short tempered and brutal, Cyrus knows many ways to torture a
belligerent captive that don’t damage the skin. The preferred armament of
all the kin is a machete and a Winchester Model 2024.
Ike
Archetype: Human Diseased
Hillbilly
Ike’s usually in pretty bad shape.
There has been times when the disease has so ravaged his face that holes
needed to be cut in his facial skin just to see. Ike is usually first in
line for transplants when supplies are available, as failure would
probably result in him choking on his own lips. With a pair of cyber legs
and a cyber arm that primarily consists of lead, Ike is usually hurting
too bad to be all that dangerous. But if he gets in a cheap shot with the
arm, man, it’s gonna smart.
John Boy
Archetype: Human Diseased
Hillbilly
The dumbest of the bunch, John Boy
likes speed, sometimes whisked into combat by his bioware and cyber
enhancements before his teeny tiny brain has fully formulated a plan. He
also needs to pace himself because the cyberware any of the clan is
outfitted with isn’t exactly top grade and John Boy has to be careful he
doesn’t take off running so fast he knees rip apart. John is adept with
the machete and a deadeye with the rifle, making him the most threatening
of the bunch, assuming his brain doesn’t drift off to think of chewing
tobacco or that last night with his sister.
Merle
Archetype: Human Diseased
Hillbilly
A doctor purely through skillsofts,
Merle serves as both, well, normal hillbilly, and as the kin’s surgeon.
The barn from hell Merle maintains consists of table after table of
scrounged cyber and bioware, some of it usually covered in the rotting
flesh or jutting bones of their previous owners. Between the ware and the
rotting and the curing and preserving chemicals, the smell of the barn is
simply debilitating, resulting in prolonged vomiting and sickness for
those not used to it. At the back of the barn, surrounded by a sterile
curtain, is the actual surgery table, a ghastly combination straps,
clamps, saws, bolt cutters, solder, wires and even scarier stuff. Merle,
normally as dumb as the rest, switches abruptly to experienced doctor one
the softs are activated. |
