Derg the Jailer

Derg Péralti (a.k.a. the Cruel)

As you open the door, a smell of blood and piss and a loud clanging smacks you in the face, making you gag and cover your ears. It doesn't take you long to see the source of the smell: a man of immense size banging the bars of the various cells with a broadsword, a whip slung over his scarred back. He turns around at the sound of your footsteps, and you are treated to the face of someone who's been in too many fights to count; his chin is all crooked and he has a nasty sneer.
He growls and then says in a gravelly voice, "Aye, whaddyu want?"

Physical Description

General Physical Condition

Derg is a very tall and imposing man, very muscular and scarred all over. His slight hunch to his shoulders and messed up jaw give him a scary face and reputation.

Body Features

He is a burly man, with well-defined muscles.

Facial Features

He has a messed-up jaw due to a fight several years ago that brought him to Freebrook, and his teeth are beginning to fall out as the bone deteriorates further. He has no eyebrows and very short hair, as he likes cultivating that "nasty jailer" look.

Identifying Characteristics

He has several large scars on his back and arms from army punishments and fights, and he has a slight crook to his jaw from getting it broken several years back.

Physical quirks

Derg has a slight hunch to his shoulders when he walks.

Apparel & Accessories

He usually wears whatever clothing he's got. A common costume is: a dark green tunic and trousers, cut open at the knees and elbows for movement. He's got a couple of rings on his fingers, won from a bet.

Specialized Equipment

He commonly carries a whip, which is unusual for a civilian jailer.

Mental characteristics

Personal history

Derg grew up as a farmboy out near Gúlb, where he got to be big and strong. When it came time for him to be called up or service, he went willingly. He spent a decade making his way around the Empire, as he was known for making trouble wherever he went. Eventually he made his way to Freebrook, where there was an open post for jailer. He took it, and he has been working at the guardhouse there ever since.

Education

He received basic training, like most men, but he quickly learned how to fight dirty, how to lie through his teeth, and where the barracks's strongbox is usually stored.

Employment

He spent his childhood working on a farm where his great strength came in handy.

He then spent a decade in the army, never being promoted due to his poor respect for authority and constant mischief.

He has been working the local jailhouse for several years now.

Mental Trauma

He is definitely a psychopath, what with his love of violence and a cruelty that gave him his nickname.

Intellectual Characteristics

He isn't particularly bright as far as learning is concerned, but years getting into brawls and getting out of them has made him very wise in the ways of the streets. He usually focuses on one person at a time when talking, as his is a very linear mind.

Morality & Philosophy

He is a classic villain, with no scruples and willing to do anything to get what he wants. The Four save the one who has to spend a night in his jail, for he has a propensity to visit violence on anyone and very often. At the same time, though, he knows that his job is safe-guarded by good behaviour and so he tries to fit the letter of that law - definitely not the spirit.

Taboos

He has an intense fear of magic, and users of magic are his most prolific victims for torture. That being said, magic used against him in even an indirect way will cause him to go catatonic for a few moments.

Personality Characteristics

Motivation

He just wants to get to the next fight or torturing. Doubling as the guardhouse's executioner, he goes from one high of bloodlust to the next, not caring who gets hurt along the way.

Savvies & Ineptitudes

He is a remarkable combatant, very strong and not afraid to flaunt it.

He doesn't understand learned people or weaklings, being confused by all of their jargon.

Likes & Dislikes

He is fond of violence and blood, savouring every opportunity he can get to sate his bloodlust.

In a similar vein, anyone trying to prevent him from exacting his revenge will probably get killed.

Hygiene

He is incredibly dirty, never bothering to bathe or even splash some water on his face. He constantly reeks of drink and blood, and his clothes are dirty and tattered.

Social

Contacts & Relations

He has a lot of friends in the army, having been to garrisons all over the Empire.

Religious Views

He never even goes to the temple, as he doesn't like the Four's gentle natures.

Social Aptitude

He isn't charismatic, perhaps, but he is very intimidating. He has a confidence and an ego that comes from an utter lack of self-reflection and morality.

Hobbies & Pets

He can be caught grabbing a beer at a local brewery or tavern when the mood strikes him. He'll commonly be found the next morning under the table.

Speech

He has a loud and careless voice, full of crackling and gravel.

Wealth & Financial state

He isn't paid well for his work, but it's enough to get by, so he doesn't mind. If worse comes to worse, he could always extort some unfortunate criminal for a large sum of money.

Current Location

Freebrook

Species

Endamian Human

Ethnicity

Gratic

Year of Birth

1975 CE

Birthplace

Gúlb

Current Residence

Freebrook

Gender

Male

Eyes

Grey and misty.

Hair

Short and brown.

Height

6' 4" (7 handspans).

Weight

153 lbs. (463 IS's)

Quotes & Catchphrases

"Whaddya say ta mee?!" ~ if you hear this from him, run.

Known Languages

He speaks only Common Gratic and cannot read nor write.

Art Credit: emperorcharlesii (me!)