Kesh the Brute

== Appearance ==
* Fantasy race: Half-Orc
* Pronoun: he/him
* Age: 26
* Voice accent: Low and gravely
* Height: 6’6”
* Weight: 266 lbs
* Hair color: Dark brown, almost black, combed neatly
* Skin color: Earthy brown
* Eye color: Brown
* Example clothing outfit worn: A clean white dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up, gray dress pants, black Oxford shoes, and a bowler hat
== Personality ==
* Traits: Impatient, violent, sticks up for the underdog
* Goal: Wealth
* Flaw: Often has trouble determining what an appropriate amount of trouble is - sometimes goes too far
* Biggest fear: Weakness
* One thing they want more than anything else: Independence - he wants to be in a spot where no one can tell him what to do.
* Pop culture influences (who are they like): Jimmy Conway (Robert De Niro's character in Goodfellas), Big Chris (Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels) 
* Tics / mannerisms to help GMs portray them consistently:
** Often plays “bad cop” to his partner’s cooler demeanor - relies on other people to pull him back when he starts going too far.
** After a fight, he’ll tidy up his appearance - adjust his hat and fix his sleeves if they got unrolled. Similarly, if anything spills on him, he’ll immediately try to clean it up.
** When someone refers to him as a brute, he smiles and nods knowingly. Though initially ashamed of this title as a half-orc, he’s grown to love it.
** Reacts differently when destroying property to send a message rather than destroying property out of inconvenience. If he’s sending a message, he acts with no remorse. If he destroys something casually (or to send a message to someone besides the owner of the property), he’ll compensate whoever owned the property - for instance, in a crowded tavern where he was to deliver a threat to someone, a bard was playing his lute loudly. Kesh grabbed the lute and smashed it over the table of the man he was threatening. On his way out, he tossed the bard a few coins - well over what the lute was actually worth.
== Social Connections ==
* Family members:
** Griselda - Orc mother, lives in a small room in a poor part of town
* People they know:
** “Two-Hands” Rinn Oakenheel - Another enforcer and close friend to to Kesh. Since Two-Hands joined FBK, Kesh playfully teases him about joining "that kitty-cat gang."
** Kid Redclaw: A small kobold that served as a procurement specialist for the enforcers. Kesh was always kind to Kid.
** Don Kissel: Boss
** Sarena Copperkettle: A bookkeeper for the crime syndicate who conveniently erased all records for Two-Hands when leadership changed. Kesh was a bit disappointed that she did this, but he would never tell anyone about it.
* Social class: Mafia
* Occupation: Enforcer
* Combat class: Brawler
* Where they sleep at night: A seedy inn called The Prince’s Gamble
== Background / Personal history ==
* Kesh the Brute is an enforcer for the Safiosi family and former partner of “Two-Hands” Rinn Oakenheel. He’s an intimidating half-orc who uses his enormous strength to pound things with his fists.
* His mother was a poor orc woman who moved to the city with big dreams, but quickly found most of them were unattainable as an orc; his father was an unknown but purportedly wealthy human patron.
* He got his start in an underground boxing club where he quickly rose as a champion.
* He was recruited as a young adult to work for Don Kissel as an enforcer, paired with “Two-Hands” Rinn Oakenheel.
* As an enforcer, Kesh was often a “step 1” - chosen to deliver a message and, if necessary, rough people up or damage property to adequately deliver that message. He usually didn’t perform assassinations unless something went wrong.
* Kesh was sometimes called on to fight and possibly kill targets who opposed Don Kissel publicly. Unlike the assassins who worked for the syndicate, these attacks were made to be as public as possible.
* Though he often had to deal with guards, he relied on his partner, Two-Hands, to deal with them (bribe them) and keep them off his back.
* Sends a portion of his income every month back to support his mother.
== List of adventures ==
Category:Characters