Darryl "Black-lung" Cain

Darryl “Black-lung” Cain is the younger brother of Seth Cain, and is the rightful heir to be the head of the Cain Hellbilly Family. After Seth’s passing, he didn’t step up and become the head of the family, but tried to raise Seth’s kid anyways. He left to be with Faust von Chambers and his outlaw gang right after abandoning his nephew, Thomas Cain. Black-lung is mostly calm and quiet, but has a bit of an ego and fear responsibility because of what happened to his wife, and son, Nathan.

## Personality

Black-lung is a calm, quiet, and meticulous man, with a bit of an ego. Because of his past, he’s very irresponsible and prefers not to be a leader or have authority.

He uses bows and snipers in combat, and is a master of stealth. He’s also incredibly skilled with throwing knives and tomahawks, but doesn’t use them as often.

He’s incredibly crafty and has a knack for carving and botany. He crafts his own arrows, often making them with different effects, like poisoned or explosive. He knows every plant in the area and their effects. Sometimes he can also be seen carving small figurines.

## History

### Childhood

Darryl “Black-lung” Cain was born on the 18th of October 1818, to the head Abraham and Joanna Cain, and was the younger brother of Seth Cain. He had a fairly normal hellbilly upbringing, getting raised to be a good hunter and fighter. He was raised alongside Harlan Miller, a human that got taken in by the family at a young age. He got working in their coal mines at age 16.

### Young adult years

At age 18 he met a young woman named Leah who was also a miner, they quickly fell in love and married, then got a son the following year, 1837, who they named Nathan.

1840 is when the Messengers of Absolution’s Glory attacked and occupied the Cain island. During their attack, they killed Leah and kidnapped Nathan, raising him to be one of the Shepherds, making Brother Nathanael.

Ten years later, the Father murdered Black-lungs older brother. Making him the new head of the family, which he declined, much to the dismay of everyone around him. Seth left behind his three year old son, Thomas Cain, who Darryl tried raising. Because of his past, he didn’t want to risk losing another son, and he abandoned Tommy at age 14.

### Present

Black-lung became an outlaw and began riding with Faust von Chambers’ gang, and has done so since. In present day, he tries to get control of his family again, even though they hate him for the abandonment of his post.

## Design

Black-lung is a tall athletic grey tiefling standing at 1.90m. His face is rugged and worn, with a slightly broken nose and very notable eye bags. He sports a scruffy beard and has wavy black hair down to his shoulders, with slight greying at the temples. He has long horns and a tail with hair on the end that matches the one on his head. His teeth and insides are completely black, a very rare tiefling trait.

He’s always seen wearing a wine red hat with miner goggles on top of it, with a matching bandanna and poncho that covers his torso. Underneath he has a black shirt, with matching black jeans, as well as dark red fringed chaps. He also has earrings.

His body is very heavily damaged with black scars from cuts and bullet wounds. The most notable being a thick scar around his throat. He has no discernible tattoos, except for the mark of Cain on his right shoulder blade.

## Mount

Black-lung rides a Hanine of the heavy class named Xena. She’s of the Breton variety, her coat being steel grey. Her temper is mild and calm, reflecting her owner. She's also extremely stealthy for a hanine of her stature.

## Trivia

* Always seen smoking
* Coughs blood sometimes, says it's not serious