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{{Character|image1 = Bagalegend.jpeg|caption1 = | {{Character|image1 = Bagalegend.jpeg|caption1 = Na na na na na na na na, na na na na na na na na na, THE VAKE. Art from FL.|name = <font color="white"><span style="background-color: white">Mr Veils</span>|location = [[Fallen London]]|allegiance = Independent}}<p style="font-weight:normal;">''"On long evenings at the Medusa's Head, where the monster-hunters drink, they brag about the beasts they've bagged - [[the Cantigaster]], the Eater-of-Chains, the Spider Council, [[Jack-of-Smiles]] in his many bodies. But no-one tells stories about the Vake: the Vake, for whose head the Department offers a standing reward of four million Echoes. Four ''million.''"''</p> | ||
<p style="font-weight:normal;">"''When the Vake is mentioned, everyone goes quiet. No-one has any boastful stories. Why?"''</p> | <p style="font-weight:normal;">"''When the Vake is mentioned, everyone goes quiet. No-one has any boastful stories. Why?"''</p> | ||
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==Death from Above== | ==Death from Above== | ||
<p style="font-weight:normal;">No one in the Neath wants to mess with this thing, not even the most daring monster-hunters. This is mainly because the Vake's primary prey is | <p style="font-weight:normal;">No one in the Neath wants to mess with this thing, not even the most daring monster-hunters. This is mainly because the Vake's primary prey is the people who hunt it, seeking to Bag a Legend.</p> | ||
Some of the stranger newspapers of the Neath claim to run interviews with it, but these are, for the most part, with persons under the influence of Black Wings Absinthe. Probably. | Some of the stranger newspapers of the Neath claim to run interviews with it, but these are, for the most part, with persons under the influence of Black Wings Absinthe. Probably. | ||
Revision as of 23:23, 1 June 2020
"On long evenings at the Medusa's Head, where the monster-hunters drink, they brag about the beasts they've bagged - the Cantigaster, the Eater-of-Chains, the Spider Council, Jack-of-Smiles in his many bodies. But no-one tells stories about the Vake: the Vake, for whose head the Department offers a standing reward of four million Echoes. Four million."
"When the Vake is mentioned, everyone goes quiet. No-one has any boastful stories. Why?"
"What is the Vake? They say it's not a monster at all. They say it's a man who dresses up as a bat. To, ah, prowl the city by night. But that would just be stupid."
The Vake is a fearsome batlike monster that has a ridiculous bounty on its head.
Death from Above
No one in the Neath wants to mess with this thing, not even the most daring monster-hunters. This is mainly because the Vake's primary prey is the people who hunt it, seeking to Bag a Legend.
Some of the stranger newspapers of the Neath claim to run interviews with it, but these are, for the most part, with persons under the influence of Black Wings Absinthe. Probably.
What is it?
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"The Mother Superior settles into your comfiest chair. "The Vake is a Master," she says. "Perhaps you'd already guessed that."
The Vake is one ofthe Masters of the Bazaar - specifically, Mr Veils. But why does he assume this disguise? Well, the reason is quite simple. Veils is an impatient jerk who wishes to hunt in the skies once again. To sate this desire, he took to hunting in the Neath. His modus operandi is hunting down victims in the realm of Parabola, and he draws out their deaths for as long as he pleases.
