Witchslayer
"Witchslayers: knock-off Warforged, twice as flawed as a Templar, but four times as cheaply made... be cautious in dealings with them"
Qualifications
The primary qualification to become a Witchslayer is to survive the trials and experiments necessary to become one. Such trials and experiments can be quite fatal, so both luck and providence must on the side of one wishing to become one.
Requirements
To be breathing and to have a pulse. There are no race disqualifications save being and Elf to become a Witchslayer, however after you become one you are a Witchslayer for life and are permanently affiliated with the Guild even after death.
Appointment
To become a Witchslayer one simply volunteers to undergo the necessary trials and experiments. Not all volunteers are true "volunteers" in every sense of the word. Some join out of desperation or as a means to get out of debt or even evade prison sentences.
Duties
The primary duty of a Witchslayer is to get contracts with citizens of the Freelands, slay whatever monster is terrorizing or threatening them, collect payment, move on to the next settlement, and repeat.
Responsibilities
If a Witchslayer encounters a problem that that is too great for a single Witchslayer to handle, the Guild dictates that they are to attempt to complete the job anyway. They carry their Witchslayer's Guild's repuation with them, they will attempt to slay the monster or die trying.
Benefits
A Witchslayer's Guild gives share of the pay to the Witchslayer responsible for the slaying, and will cover lodging and supplies as need be. It is cheaper to keep a Witchslayer alive in the long run than it is to create and train a new one.
Accoutrements & Equipment
A Witchslayer Guild supplies much of the base equipment for their Witchslayers, more specialized equipment can be requisitioned as need be depending on the prey in question.
Grounds for Removal/Dismissal
Once you're a Witchslayer, you're a Witchslayer for life. The trials and experiments permanently alter their physiology, so even if you attempt to leave the Guild... you cannot hide what you are for long.
History
the term "Witchslayers" developed due to the first prey these Guilds hunted were "Witches" or more specifically Hags and Hag Covens that had infiltrated different settlements. Their most famous hunt, was discovering and slaying a Hag that disguised itself as the mistress of a New Blood noble. Since then the Guilds associated with hunting monsters and such were known as "Witchslayers".
Cultural Significance
The Witchslayers are the most affordable and efficient monster hunters, and are equal to Templars and the Warforged in ferocity and technique.
Notable Holders
There have been many Witchslayers over the decades... none of which were remembered.
Type
Civic, Military, Generic
Creation
The Witchslayer Guild's Compact with the New Bloods
Form of Address
Witchslayer
Alternative Naming
Mutant, Magitechnician, Ritualborn
Equates to
All Witchslayers are equal to one and other, save the the leaders of the respective Witchslayer Guild they are attributed to.
Source of Authority
The New Bloods, the Witchslayer Guilds
Length of Term
Life.
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