Personnel:
Catherine O’Connor, young, police detective, pistol, rifle, and hand to hand training. Ginger-blonde, Scot or Irish, woman.
Belle, young, 'self employed', no combat training. Black hair, Greek(?), female.
Father Mathew, middle aged, Christian priest (why?), calm and accepting of orders, no combat training. Average height, black/gray, man.
Patrick, mechanic, served in the US Army, tank operator, jovial and willing to work. Above average, red hair, Irish male.
Thomas, college student, a bit awkward, used to hunt birds as a kid (shotgun skills?). Average, black hair, French male.
Blake, hothead, coward, accountant (good with numbers), no combat training. Tall, blonde, Anglo man.
Jacob, calm, cheerful, fireman, basic medical training. Tall, shaved (likely black hair), Nubian man.
Brenda, werewolf, unemployed, no combat training. Average, ginger, irish woman.
Rose, Sorceress, child, no combat training, powerful magic (currently uncontrolled). Small, deep red hair (like rose petals or fressh blood?), Scandinavian mix(?).
Locations:
My mansion - No defenses, long way from any other locations, multi story, surrounded by forests. Currently occupied by my people.
Starfish Shipping Warehouse - Surrounded by barbed wire topped chainlink fence, reinforced by tipped over semi-trailers, downtown near the pier. Currently occupied by a werewolf pack led by a child... likely to wipe itself out due to failure of leadership.
Species:
Zombie (Revenants) - Living human corpses, senses are dulled due to death. Moves at a slow walk most commonly, strong bite and grip. Attrached to living humans, ignores animals and dead bodies not infected. Spread by direct transfer from bite or scratch, possibly airborne. Does not affect those already dead. Lifespan is indefinite until destroyed.
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Werewolf - A humanoid able to take the form of a large wolf, fully human, or a hybrid form that has increased strength, speed, and recovery abilities. Werewolves may be killed like normal mortal creatures in human or wolf form, however they are very resilient in a hybrid form requiring a wound that will instantly kill the creature, silver burns their skin but is not required to kill them. Lifespans are between three and four hundred years if not killed by external forces, age increases the strengths of a werewolf until they near the end of their lifespan.
Vampire - A humanoid that drinks human blood to survive
Witch - A human with magical powers granted by other beings or even from nature. They are often considered the weakest form of magic users as most of their magic requires a full ceremony under specific circumstances. They can brew potions and charms that may augment their skills and strengths. Most use plant or elemental magic. Witches have normal lifespans.
Warlock - A human who has made a pact with some sort of Outsider, demon or otherwise. They are able to channel the power of their pact holder to a certain extent but often have restrictions or requirements. Perhaps they need to sacrifice some of their own blood to channel the power, or perhaps they must kill a person in a specific manner every few days/months/years. Their power is often limited and consider second-rate among magic users.
Wizard/Wizardess - A human who has gained magical powers due to extensive study and training of the mind and spirit. Wizards are powerful beings if given the time to prepare, they can level entire cities if they can gather the necessary components or gather the proper energy. (It is said a scorned Wizard sank Atlantis) Using pre-prepared spells they are often walking magical armories, a simple handkerchief may contain a handful of pure sunlight or a metallic rod may contain a captured bolt of lightning. While they are tricky and powerful, considered first-rate among spellcasters, if caught unaware and unprepared they can be easily killed. Wizards have normal human lifespans without magical augmentation.
Sorcerer/Sorceress - A human born with inate magical abilities, their abilities are as endless as the stars in the sky. Considered the most powerful form of human magic user. A sorcerer can reshape reality around them to a certain degree which is how they project their abilities, however this is dangerous to the user and often they create 'spells' to protect themselves, using words and actions to channel their power. This does not mean they require the 'spell', the most powerful of their kind can simply will their magic into exisistance. Sorcerers have a lifespan around one thousand years, the oldest are often the strongest due to experience but this is not set in stone.