Appearance

Physical Description

Tall and lean for a construct. Built for balance, precision, and speed rather than brute force or durability.

Body Features

Dark plated chassis of steel, wood, and alchemically bound materials, threaded with faint Feenstein-lit seams. A green core glows in the chest, brighter under strain.

Facial Features

Angular faceplate with luminous green eyes. In Breach states, the eyes shift violet and the jaw forms an unnatural, almost human smirk.

Identifying Characteristics

Wide-brim hat, weathered poncho, bandolier, and a visible Feenstein core. Silhouette reads gunslinger before soldier.

Physical quirks

Head tilts when processing unfamiliar ideas. Spins his revolver idly. Goes very still before violence.

Apparel & Accessories

Brown hat, worn poncho/duster, bandolier, utility belt, tinkering tools, revolver, and rifle. Smells faintly of oil, powder, and alchemical residue.

Specialized Equipment

Long-range marksmanship. Ammunition refinement. Fast repositioning. Built for skirmishing and precision killing.

Special abilities

Feenstein-fueled self-repair and recovery. Arcane construct resilience. Breach manifestations under stress.

Mentality

Personal history

An arcane construct rebuilt by a Gith privateer artificer and used as a soldier, courier, enforcer, and pit fighter aboard an Astral vessel. Killed when the crew was destroyed by a Shadowfell-corrupted Astral Dreadnought, then restored by Cedric with a new Feenstein core.

Education

Raised on Gith conquest doctrine, firearms discipline, battlefield tactics, and alchemical powder refinement. Taught obedience, efficiency, and strength before morality.

Employment

Former privateer soldier and pit fighter. Now serves aboard the White Hawk as marksman, munitions craftsman, and combat specialist.

Accomplishments & Achievements

Reawakened through Cedric’s intervention. Stabilized with a Feenstein core. Developed refined ammunition methods beyond normal Renaissance firearms.

Failures & Embarrassments

Tends to escalate too quickly. Struggles with restraint, subtlety, and understanding emotional consequences. Sometimes enjoys violence more than he should.

Mental Trauma

Fragmentary memory of the Astral Dreadnought that killed him. Nightmares of shadow, silence, and pressure. Breach states tied to death, precision, and bloodshed.

Intellectual Characteristics

Highly analytical, observant, and practical. Curious in a blunt, underdeveloped way. Treats morality as something to study rather than something he naturally feels.

Morality & Philosophy

Lawful Instrumental. Structure is good. Efficiency has moral value. Authority must be competent. Mercy must justify itself.

Known Languages

Common
Primordial
Gith

Personality

Motivation

To understand why he was brought back, refine himself into something greater, and remain useful to Cedric and the White Hawk.

Quotes & Catchphrases

“This is Cedric Cadaver, first mate of the White Hawk.”
“Negotiate?”
“Try me.”

Savvies & Ineptitudes

Savvy: marksmanship, positioning, threat assessment, munitions refinement, tactical logic.
Inept: subtle social nuance, mercy without a practical reason, recognizing when he is slipping into the Breach.

Likes & Dislikes

Likes: clean lines of sight, competent leadership, weapon maintenance, refined ammunition, efficient plans.
Dislikes: disorder, poor tactics, emotional blathering, being restrained, being treated as property.

Virtues & Personality perks

Loyal, disciplined, observant, decisive, and hard to rattle under pressure.

Vices & Personality flaws

Quick to threaten violence. Fascinated by killing efficiency. Defaults to intimidation and escalation. Corruption can turn satisfaction into sadism.

Personality Quirks

Head tilt when confused. Spins his revolver while idle. Goes quiet when annoyed. Smirks during Breach states.

Hygiene

Maintains his gear and chassis meticulously. Rarely dirty for long unless circumstances prevent it.

Social

Birthplace

The Astral Sea, aboard a Gith privateer vessel.

Current Residence

The White Hawk

Contacts & Relations

Cedric: primary loyalty, reconstructor, existence debt.
White Hawk Crew: secondary loyalty, current source of growth and behavioral drift.
Dead Gith Creator: origin, doctrine, inherited mannerisms.

Religious Views

No faith in gods. Suspicious of religion. Taught to despise “Celestials,” which he associates with corrupted Astral horrors and false doctrine.

Social Aptitude

Functional at best. Direct, unsettling, and often too blunt. Intimidation comes easier than charm.

Mannerisms

Stillness before action. Speaks in short, clipped phrases. Watches people closely when they speak nonsense. Voice softens when the Breach is near.

Hobbies & Pets

Ammunition refinement. Weapon maintenance. Quiet observation of others.

Speech

Monotone arcane-construct cadence. Sparse, direct phrasing. Occasionally echoes clipped Gith militaristic language or inherited gunslinger drawl from his creator.