31 Days Character Creation Challenge Day 06: The 12 Failed Careers of ODDMAS

 We're still in Electric Bastionland, and this fella is made with the Xmas supplement. Surprising lack of cheer, really.

Crappy holidays!

On the other side of Rankelay sits Svalte, a dirty youth dressed in miner's castoffs. 

In his short life, Svalte has been a coalie bird and nothing else. Basically he was a human canary, sensing the toxic fumes of the underground before anyone else. Except the actual canaries had been retired due to being too precious for the task. Is there anything humans value less than other humans, we ask despairingly.

As if this wasn't enough, Svalte put himself in deep debt with the mining company owner, Sir Ricarte of Precipice. This Knight of Old Bastion keeps himself alive in a coal-fired suit of armor, and owns not only mines, but also company stores. Svalte still has a signed photo of Sir Ricarte to remind him of his debt. 

When Svalte finally looked up from his hazardous work, he realized that he was caught in a downward spiral of tox-lung and debt, culminating in death, and his mortal coil being sold to Vivi & Resu Corpse Solutions. That was when he took off for the wild to escape or find riches to pay his ridiculous debt. 

Svalte is a youth, possible around 12. The dirt and dust on him seems as much part of him as his hair or fingernails. Right now he is breathing little puffs of black miasma into the fire, relishing not having to do anything. He can always find riches tomorrow. 

Svalte, the Coalie Bird

STR: 11 DEX: 12  WIL: 7

Bucks: 1 Hit Points: 5

Equipment

Small pick (d6)

A signed photo of Sir Ricarte of Precipice, iron-girded robber baron and shithead.

alarm whistle.

Side-effect from mine-fumes: Tox-lung: If you concentrate hard then once per day you can belch out toxicity onto a nearby target. They immediately lose d6 STR.