(this is the Lore of the world from the DM, you don't have to read it however you may be a little lost now and then without doing so)
[UPDATED, the DM changed the lore, as far as I'm aware this is still true, there's now just more]
1853 mad scientist Alfred Wayne wanted to achieve immortality. he spent years looking through books of cultists and old tales mixed with his research and made ichor. ichor was a blood like substance that wayne believed could make him immortal after months of tests he created something beyond just immortality. he created in his eyes a god. the creature gained super human abilities and turned into the first Sanguine who named himself The Count. over the following years Wayne was determined to perfect ichor even more and make the perfect being who would obey everything he said with no hesitation. the count would help all he could using his magic to support in the experiments and bringing in new subjects for his creator. after many more trials the ichor created 4 more sanguine however they seemed very powerful but did not overcome The Count in strength. despite waynes rage in this outcome the count loved it. he had 4 strong sanguine to control and order around and he did just that, they became his loyal soldiers and he was their leader the count named the too. the 4 elders they were all called and each elder was named Gallahad, Arthur, persivul and Lancelot. --------------------------
One day wayne got curious and injected a wolf with ichor. with the first few days leaving no results wayne tortured the wolf trying to force something to happen while The Count and his elders laughed and watched. eventually something snapped in the wolf and the ichor activated. rushing through the wolfs bloodstream the wolf went into a bloodthirsty frenzy and grew 3x its size and turned into a humanoid wolf. it stood on two feet, its arms grew to more human like arms, its body turned extremely muscular and its eyes glowed a bright blue. in this frenzy the wolf attack everything it could see. The Count acted upon this and battled the wolf but his arrogance got the best of him half way through the fight and the wolf nearly killed The Count if it wasnt for the 4 elders who stepped in and forced the to wolf retreat. The Count was left in horror as he found a being that overpowered him and as he turned to his creator, alfred had a massive smile of his face knowing he now created something stronger.
after taking time to heal The Count went up to Alfred and told him he must stop all experiments to do with ichor but he saw this as a ridiculous notion and continued. now knowing he can be replaced The Count killed his creator in a panic and took all the ichor he could find and drank it. doing so mutated the counts blood to become perfect making him the only being that holds perfect ichor and his power increased beyond comprehension after which he decided to do his own experiments. he would kidnap people from towns at night and pump his blood in their bodies causing them to become brain dead and start decaying. The Count used these creatures as his soldiers while on the other hand if a person successfully took in The Counts blood, they would become sanguine spawn but if they couldn't, then they would become a rotter and be placed in eggs and turned into spawn but it is a long process. years later due to the new perfect ichor in his body, the counts magic and powers grew to the point where he really was in his eyes.. a god
however shortly after his fight with The Count. the wolf ran away into a forest and after the effects of ichor wore off and it became hungry but only for one thing.. blood. the wolf ran through the forest in search for blood and it came across two hunters looking for some prey. the wolf didn't wait a second and it attacked the hunters, killing one and biting the other. not knowing what its new body could do the wolf accidentally injected ichor into the hunter and he too transformed into the same beast. when the day came, both wolves shrunk and turned into humans. very confused the first wolf had no clue what this new body was and was in slight shock as it now spoke fluent english and was a regular human. the other wolf turned back into the hunter he once was but now having an urge to be loyal to the one who gave him ichor, he showed him what it was like to be human and they both lived human lives for a few months until one night where it all went wrong. on a night of a full moon both the men looked up at the moon where the ichor suddenly started to pump through their veins. they went beserk and attacked the whole town turning them all into lycans which is what they named themselves after a while. the first lycan found out that those who he transformed were stronger than others and that may be to do with how pure his ichor and so only the lycans that proved themselves would be gifted with a sample of his blood and their strength would increase 10 fold after doing this he made the decision to only give his blood to those of his own bloodline keeping a steady flow of power in the new lycan species.
after many years of building their army The Count burst out from his underground lab where he was kept and thousands of sanguine spawn and rotter's destroyed everything in their path, turning every person they could into more rotter's so The Count can make more spawn and destroy humanity. the lycans went to challenge The Count not caring what happens to the humans as they just want The Count and the elders dead. both the lycans and sanguines went to war and it was a slaughter with the lycans demolishing the battlefield until the elders stepped in and started killing lycans left and right. the original stepped in and attacked one the elders forcing them to retreat and for The Count to step in, The Count slaughtered the lycans with his new power and quickly took care of the primordial and badly injured it. the lycans were forced to retreat and go into hiding while being hunted by The Count and humans too.
many years later the lycans vanished becoming enranged by what they had lost and so they mainly hunted at night killing humans all other things that weren't lycans. however some lycans chose to serve The Count and became his loyal cubs and he would refer to them adding more to his army. The Count also caused the collapse of the earth and humanity itself while he would gift not just ichor but his magic to people who wanted to use his magic to spread his name across the globe and to add even more to his army. humanity retreated building settlements far from The Counts reach and had hidden away while others became bandits and robbed and killed wherever they could. the rich left the poor to die so the haven was built to give all in need a home while the wealthy built a city and lived their lives normally. the haven was home to a small group of looters lead by a man named William Harlow however he was lazy and a coward. he did not train his men to use weapons of any sort and didnt make sure that the haven was well protected so that did make some people worry. after a couple years of the looters seeming to have everything under control the haven was attacked by a massive group of bandits where it was a blood bath, with the people of the haven dying back and forth with no protection. The bandits took everything and left with william hiding away and not doing a thing. weeks after the attack William's lieuenenats Casey and Jamie ( also known as Ace) Weston. these two young men were very experienced gunslingers as they were the most well respected bounty hunters for years before The Count showed up. Casey was furious with how much of a coward William was so he went to tell him to take action and be a leader, but as he got to his office William was packing a bag saying he was going to live with the wealthy and have a good life. in a rage Casey beat William senseless and left him in the streets of the haven telling the people that their leader was gonna abandon them.
Casey took over and turned the looters into helslingers, hunters trained to kill anything and Casey was a very smart man so he designed special outfits and weapons for dealing with creatures, he also fortified the haven to protect it and truely make it feel safe. the helsligners went out an killed all creatures who posed a threat with Ace being the leader of the ground operations while Casey would stay at base training more soldiers and protecting the haven. Ace was a beast on the battlefield leaving no trace whatever. he battled along with his cloest friends Han Martinez who was also a experienced gunslinger but not as good as Casey, Ace and Lucien Remus however he was a strong willed and strong minded man who never abandoned his comrades. sadly after becoming the most dangerous force on the planet, Ace and his team were ambushed by The Count with some of his forces and where of them were killed, except lucien and some other but Ace and Han along with a large portion of the team were killed. Casey was brought to tears when he heard the news from Lucien and he told his son Damon what had happend with Lucien then giving him his fathers revolver and hat. Casey and Lucien vowed revenge and went on a massacare swearing to kill The Count for good. but then one day Casey's grandaughter, Ashe, was dumped at the haven. he wanted to protect her at all costs so he left her in a workshop to come up with crazy inventions that could help kill The Count and his elders so Casey and Lucien stayed at the haven more waiting for the time to strike against The Count again.
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Before the Haven was the safe and fortified place it is today it was what was left of a small town called Calico where a Man named William Owens. Owens was a cruel and brutal man, he taxed the survivours living there by taking most of their food and water practically leaving them with nothing to live on and if they didn't give up their resources he'd either beat them or threaten them with leaving them out on their own to be eaten by rotters or lycans .
Owens had two bodyguards who were Bounty hunters before the world fell Named Casey and Jaime Weston. They were mainly used as loan sharks and debt collectors but they never did it, they would actually take supplies from William and give it to people in need of them and they quickly became the two most loved men in the town as they put everyone else before themselves with casey eventually having his own family their too.
Both the brothers begged William to train their own soldiers to protect calico as they weren't enough to defend an entire town but every time they begged Owens called them idiots as he thought that they would all turn on him and take his power from him but as he was quite scared of Jaime for his brutality and casey for how creative he can get so he hired some mercenaries from the capital to help protect Calico but he only payed for a small group even though he had money to spare but the brothers agreed that that's the best they'd get so they didn't argue with it and went along with it.
Months went by when the mercenaries were hired and they replaced casey and Jaime with their roles of debt collectors and put the people in fear of them by breaking into houses and taking it all with no remorse and if anyone tried to fight back they'd be beaten in the street and one night The brothers had enough, they saw the group going to break into another house they went to confront them but just before they could say a word a massive band of outlaws named the killjoys attacked Calico and murdered nearly everyone Who lived there.
The brothers tried to fight but the second there was combat the mercenaries ran away and took the only horses they had In the town. This event would be remembered as the purge and the people if Calico lost so much. Casey and Jaime fought back the outlaws and they retreated for the tim being giving the others some time.
Looking at the absolute massacre Jaime snapped and stormed to Williams office and said to him " you happy now !!! If u gave us the men we needed we could of saved all these lives and instead you gave us cowards " to which William responded " well this event was quite beneficial for me, It would be helpful If some of those rats were killed hahaha" in a heartbeat ace beat William to a bloody pulp and took him out into the street and burnt him alive which shocked all the people but after a few moments they celebrated and Jaime and His brother took the people to find a new home as they knew the kiljoys would be back.
Days had gone by and the people found a large hill with an open area to it was easy to see around it and Jaime suggested it would be a good place to build a new place to live and casey agreed. The brothers and the most healthy people they could find went out to find materials and supplies to build a safe and fortified home for everyone which would be known as the Haven one of the safest places people could go too.
Despite having somewhere safe and secure The brothers still had a problem, they had no soldiers or anything just them two. So they asked all the men in the Haven I'd they wanted to be trained and most of them agreed. After time Casey and Jaime created the helslingers a group of monster hunters and very skilled gunslingers which turned the tide of the war with the beasts slightly in humanity's favour due to Casey's creativity with the clothing of the helslingers. Casey was able to make the material of the coat that they wore so strong even lycans stuggled to get through it and bullets were stopped to a degree. Jamie was on the front lines always going on hunts and casey would stay at the haven helping the people, traning new helslingers and making deals with certain people to keep the haven safe. Casey also sent his wife and 5 year old daughter to the capital to remain safe because if another Situation like calico happend he didnt want his family to be put in danger. seeing how effective the helslingers were the heads of the capital made a deal with casey that if they protect supplies going to the capital, they will keep his family safe and gift him with materials required to build something he kept to himself but said that it would save alot of people.
for the next 36 years humanity were able fight back against the counts army and all the other creatures that roam the country all thanks to two brothers. Sadly Jamie and a battalion he was with were killed by the count himself which left casey in pieces and he felt he lost apart of himself.
him and his most trusted friend Lucien remus still kept the helslingers at full stregnth but suffered a heavy loss and he will be very missed and all the other men that died that day
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[extra info]
Silver permanently kills sanguine spawn and prevents lycan regeneration to a degree