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CHAPTER TWO: ALL IS LOST

JACKSON “BOSS”
BARROW

Virtue: Ambitious
Vice: Greedy
Seeming: Beast
Mental Attributes: Intelligence 2, Wits 4, Re-
solve 3
Physical Attributes: Strength 5, Dexterity 2,
Stamina 4
Social Attributes: Presence 2, Manipulation 4,
Composure 3
Mental Skills: Investigation 2, Medicine (Weak
Spots) 3, Occult 2
Physical Skills: Athletics 2, Brawl 4, Drive 2,
Larceny 4, Survival 2, Weaponry 3
Social Skills: Animal Ken (Food Animals) 3, Empathy
(Bullying) 3, Intimidation 5, Persuasion (Bribery)
3, Socialize 2, Streetwise 5, Subterfuge 4
Merits: Giant, Pusher, Tolerance for Biology
Health: 10
Dread Powers: Crushing Blow, Eye for Desire 2,
Giant Size, Strange Form (Hogzilla), Terrify 3,
Titan’s Strength 2
Potency: 3
Aspirations: Elude a captor, Devour something
wonderful, Find something new to consume
Willpower: 6
Size: 6
Speed: 12
Defense: 4
Initiative: 5
Armor: 0

hind legs and his throat slit; then remained lucid and aware as sensory detail. His Keeper’s voice whispers that it’s nearly dinner
his porcine form was butchered out for his Keeper’s kitchen. Ev- time, but promises that she won’t take him back — if he provides
ery morning, Harrow woke whole, and the process repeated itself her with a suitable replacement before the next full moon. Every
— until one evening night fell, and no one came to slaughter him. night, the whispers are louder...and the details more clear.
Perhaps the tastes of his Keeper changed. Perhaps Har- Description: To describe Boss’ human Mask as fat would
row’s servitude had run its course. All Boss knows is that the be a kindness. He’s a mountain of a man, if mountains were
butchering stopped, and eventually he found his way out of the made of lard, sweat, and bristles, and stands head and shoul-
pen he’d been kept in. He ran for the forest, and didn’t stop ders above most. Boss is almost as wide as he is tall. His skin is
until he found himself, panting and sweating on his newly-re- ruddy, his features bulbous; he has tiny dark eyes nearly hidden
covered hands and knees, in the same park he’d wandered into between a drooping brow and quivering jowls and a massive
in search of his forbidden treat so many years before. under-bite. Boss dresses mostly in loose clothing that accom-
Time had passed in Boss’ absence — nearly fifty years. His modates his notable size.
friends and family had either died or long since forgotten the Behind his Mask, Boss is even more of a boor — and a boar.
man he once was. There was no life for him to pick up upon His globular nose reveals itself into a full flat snout, complete
his return, so he carved another one for himself. Now Boss is with flaring nostril cavities pierced by a sturdy seamless gold
a go-to guy, the one who always knows where to get whatever ring. His lower canines jut out of his jaw like tusks on either
it is that someone needs. If a buyer has enough cash, Boss can side of his muzzle. If anything, his true form is just as massive
get him nearly anything: drugs, guns, stolen artwork, magical and unattractive as his human Mask, with trotters rather than
items, or slaves. You name it. Meet Boss’ price, and it’s yours. feet, and tiny porcine ears on top of his bristly-but-bald head.
Several months ago, Boss began having nightmares. The Storytelling Hints: Boss has gluttonous appetites, which
haze that once protected him from the memory of his Durance may get him into trouble when trying to fulfill or finance them.
was stripped away, and he relives the butchering in excruciating Hunters may initially encounter Boss as a street informant,

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