Corpse-Walker's Inner Council - Stitcher
Shh, shh. Stop screaming. If this works, you will live forever. If it does not, you have helped countless others. That isn't so bad, is it?Stitcher is the latest member of the Corpse-Walkers inner council, a former Deva doctor turned to black magic and death. Even the other Exterreri fear him now; the Stitcher seeks answers to the riddle of death within flesh - both living and dead. With a slight stoop and receding hairline, it is only his cold eyes that warn people that he is something more than he appears. Under his gaze, people are measured as pounds of meat and organs, as bones and joints and faults to be rectified. In meetings with the other Exterreri, he wears the skull of a Suryō Spider. Every night, Stitcher has his own brush with death. His flesh is failing, ravaged by mutating tumors. Every night, he carves them out of his body with Thaumaturgy and invites more corruption into his body. Stitcher intends to defeat death and some among the Inner Council fear that he may succeed.
Means Justified
More than any of the Exterreri, Stitcher has focused on the wretched and poor of Mharaji. Many of his Bones come from families wretchedly poor and require little more than a handful of coin to buy their loyalty. It is from the same families and communities that people disappear into his gore-soaked abattoirs and laboratories. To cure death, Stitcher knows he must first understand it and to that end, people die.
Among the Dead
Out of all the other Exterreri, Stitcher has found allies with Marrow and the mad Three-Skull, but an enemy with Grandmother Death. The source of their dispute lies at a comment made about her age and possibly imminent demise. The Grandmother has nursed a festering feud since and should the Corpse-Walkers ever fight among themselves, she has marked him for a slow, painful death.
Only Marrow knows what life Stitcher lead before he was brought into the Corpse-Walkers Inner Council. They only know that Marrow sought him out and bargained on his behalf to bring him into the fold. Some wonder if Stitcher has some hold over the ancient Exterreri - or what plans Marrow has for the doctor.
The Corpse-Walkers Criminals and mystics, the Corpse-Walkers is a criminal syndicate fueled by dread and the powers wielded by their inner council. They leave the bodies of the slain at the doorstep of their relatives, still speaking the will of their slayers. They are feared even by other criminal gangs as dark and wretched; this fear is the weapon they've wielded to carve out an empire of sin. Read More About The Corpse-Walkers
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