Leader of the Arbor sect of the Silver Dragon cult, and one of the only survivors of The Purge, Gabriel forsook his God for another, and will stop at nothing to get revenge. Instinct: Usurp divine authority

• Gradually mutate while unleashing power
• Call on the amulet for aid

Serge's personal goon squad. Natural selection and a strict (and violent) initiation ritual separate this wily band of killers from the common bandit rabble. Instinct: To loot and plunder

• Encircle foes
• Sound the alarm

The Crimelord known as "Dry Hands" Mordrid is a fixture at most Royal feasts, usually found cavorting with counts and barons at the lower tables. Some circles call him a "merchant prince", but many of his enterprises are only tolerated because of the fat sacks of loot he passes off to the local lordships. Clever, cunning, and wicked as sin, it is only a matter of time before Mordrid becomes something more than a mere criminal. Instinct: to gather wealth and power

• Put out a bounty
• Honeyed words and lies
• Call in favors with dangerous people
• Surround self with bodyguards

"Red Knife" Serge is one of "Dry Hands" Mordrid's lieutenants. He is a brutal man, and former bandit chief who moved on from highway robbery to thug for hire. Paychecks were more consistent. His custom-made crimson swordbreakers are designed to catch and wrench weapons out of his opponents hands, where he will not hesitate to seize an unfair advantage. Instinct: to heedlessly accumulate wealth.

• Disarm with a flourish
• Fight dirty
• Send in the mooks