Paxton

drawing of Paxton by GM

Paxton is a former member of the Hellish Thieves, and a wanted robber. He is a self-taught thief, with skills ranging from lock-picking to intimidation, magical or otherwise.

Having developed a proficiency for theft for the sake of fun and not out of need, Paxton prefers to avoid combat when possible, and instead chooses to intimidate and subdue enemies or slip under their noses altogether. This has made Paxton not a particularly deadly criminal, but a dangerous one nonetheless, smart enough to carefully plan out and execute crimes with ease. Regardless, he tends to act on impulse in his personal life, often to the disappointment of his party or others around him.

## Appearance

Paxton is a blue-skinned tiefling just above average height. He's most often depicted wearing a blue coat, fingerless gloves, torn jeans, and combat boots. When committing illicit acts, he also dons a hood and scarf worn to cover his face.

## Personality

Outside of crime and safety, it's rare for Paxton to take anything seriously if it doesn't affect him personally. Though sarcastic and impulsive among friends and strangers seemingly unimportant to him, Paxton is capable of carefully thinking out high-profile crimes and improvising escape routes. This comes in handy, as he easily becomes anxious at the first signs of danger or derailment of plans. His commitment to crime for fun and the death of his mother have also developed a pacifistic personality, with Paxton swearing to himself that he'd never take a man's life: *"Those guards are just doing their jobs, they've done nothing against you"*

He also becomes anxious of trusting others, having grown up in a black-and-white world of criminals and victims. However, once having slowly developed trust for someone, he becomes more protective and willing to act for them without any benefit to himself, like when helping Throkk and Umbra when they fell victim to a group of sirens.

## Background

### **Childhood**

Born and raised in Occasus, Paxton grew up surrounded by crime and vice. Recieving the news as a child that his mother was mugged and killed by robbers for being a demon, Paxton developed a considerable distaste for racism against tieflings and felt a need to hide himself in public. His father, though alive and well, worked as a cargo sailor for the Rat King on the seven seas, and was rarely around, returning only to visit between shipments and pay rent in advance. This left Paxton alone to care for his younger brother, Pollux.

### **Life of Crime**

Eventually giving in to the lawless world around him, Paxton started a life of crime solely for the sake of excitement and fun. Because it was meant to be nothing more than fun, Paxton wanted only money and a thrilling chase, not to pick a fight that'd lead to anyone's unnecesary demise. After heavy planning with his childhood friend Vince, the two robbed and burgled nearly every rich name in Occasus. While burgling the home of the second-biggest bank-owner in Occasus, he met another thief, Brook, by chance, who was robbing the same home on the same night. She eventually joined him and Vince and formed the Hellish Thieves, a crime trio that slowly grew to became a thing of local legend.

### **The Rat King Job**

Some years into the Hellish Thieves' career, Paxton saw the Rat King's palace as a challenge, and focused the group on planning its robbery for months. I'll edit the rest later because it's 2 AM and i wanna die bc i drank two coffees FUCK and I was in the zone writing out all this shit I'll edit your guys' character pages later