Editing Brass Wolf (section)

==Backstory==

(Was unable to find an up to date backstory.  This is some of the information posted and some suggestions from the GM)

Brass Wolf was one of the Empress’ many varied and expendable tools. Brass Wolf was fully aware of his standing, and welcomed it. He loved his work, and was supremely effective at it, regularly completing daring operations deemed too risky by others. His zeal for his work combined with his personal infatuation with the Empress made any umbrage improbable. 

The Blood ran strong and pure through Brass Wolf‘s body. A lost egg exalting at a young age, Brass Wolf was never adopted by any of the Houses. Instead, he immediately enrolled in the School. Its’ not clear how he was able to attain entry into The School of Hard Knocks. Theories suggest it was at this time that the Empress first noticed Brass Wolf, and the strong blood coursing through his body. It’s also likely it was the Empress who secretly sponsored him, and paid for his schooling.

His years at the school were not easy. For most of the time he had to play catch up to his dynast classmates. Many of his classmates looked down at him because of his unsophisticated beginnings. Brass Wolf wasn’t affected by the treatment. Since his exaltation he had been living in a constant state of déjà vu. He began to suspect he wasn’t even living his own life. Eventually he came to terms with the odd sensation, and focused on what occupied most his thoughts, the onset of an unassailable libido.

His sexual conquests in combination with the typical dynast attitude about his upbringing resulted in many personal duels. He became an expert swordsman and duelist, participating in no fewer than thirty duels of note. It was during a particularly heated duel against Tepet Akwaba that Brass Wolf received his famous eskhara, or dueling scar, across the left side of his face. 

Brass graduated towards the top of his class, but with no special honors. He was swiftly billeted with the Infallible Crimson Legion, one of the Empress’ favorite legions. Initially assigned as a banner carrier and ranger, Brass eventually rose through the ranks to Colonel. He was a self motivator who preferred doing things his own way. Typically instead of giving him orders, his commanders assigned him a result and allowed Brass to accomplish the mission anyway he saw fit.

This is when The Empress, having kept tabs on Brass Wolf, acquired him as one of her personal agents.


Death's Toe is approved tacitly as Brass Wolf. However, because I'm approving so many ideas, and because I prefer the original vibe you were pushing, I'm going to make some pretty big asks. The below strong suggestions are designed to tie in you and chrespo's approved ideas, and to mix you both in with eugenics, brainwashing, Duncan Idaho and mystic genetics:
1) He comes from the same creepy breeding program as Nellens Vieu
2) Like Vieu, he is adopted into House Nellens, and was trained exclusively for one purpose, rather than proper socialisation
3) Drop being part of the normal army, and have him be also under a century old
3) You play up the creepy otherness of being a fanatical soldier with dragon-powers, and not a soldier ofthe dynasty.

I had many of your asks in mind, but I think I was to subtle in my first background writeup. I'll have some more written today and a character sheet. 

One thing I'd like to get your thoughts on is the relationship between Brass and the Empress, which is somewhat like the one between Duncan and Leto. I had an idea that he had a Dark Fate associated with her. He is obsessed with her. His feelings towards her are never clear. He loves her, lusts after her, and worships her. At the same time he despises, fears, and envies her.

I don't think this is particularly unique for a Dyanst. In this case, there is his eugenics background, and the tie to house Nellens. Further, he doesn't hide his conflicting feelings from her, and so she is completely aware of what is going on. This only confuses him further.

Finally, I'm going to re-read the thread, answer your earlier questions, and look for connections to other characters.

I approve, though I don't want the relationship to be overly close to start with, because that diminishes her mystery somewhat. I paticularly like the idea of a Dark Fate. 

Perhaps he is formally attached to the Legion of Silence in some capacity, serving as a secret bodyguard and palace security-man, and so he sees her more than most, but from afar. He sees her, and envies her, and watches her do her thing, but never really gets to interact with her, not like the proper dynasts, who she treats as family, if also as enemies.