Charles Kornach

Charles (Made with HeroForge)

Son of the ancient werewolf Bran Kornach, Charles follows in the family tradition, cursed with lycanthropy himself. He also specializes in radiation magic. During the Summit in Junkyard, he aided in clearing Mab's ghostrock radiation based disease, fighting back the spirits contained within to assure it wouldn't spread throughout the city.

## History

### Arc 10: The Summit

On June 25th of 2096, Bran contacted Charles and told him his help was needed: some sort of ghost rock plague in aerosol form was brought into Junkyard by would-be assassins. The containers holding the plague were being brought to the Pit in an attempt to contain its affects, and Charles was needed to rein in and nullify it.

Charles moved through the Hunting Grounds with his wife, Anna, and arrived in the Pit not long after Toussaint dropped the plague canisters inside. He greeted the vampire suspiciously, having been in the form of Anne Banks, and questioned how she could handle the ghost rock radiation. She shrugged off his query, and he questioned why she should be trusted based on her history with the Combine. She put it back on him, saying anyone could be a plant, that they were coming to the summit to put aside their differences and work together. Reluctantly, Charles put aside his concerns and began calling on his Shaman magic to gather the ghost rock essence. He found himself in a combat of wills with a spirit in the radiation mist, and fought to contain it.

Charles was able to banish the creature just before the summit was set to begin, clearing the pit of the radiation and allowing its use for the meeting. After he recovered from his task, he helped his wife mediate the meeting.

### Arc 15: Chasing Coyotes

On November 15th, Charles road with Anna and Simon to meet with the NW6 in Aurora, Colorado. They arrived around 2pm, and met with Addie at the newly established administration building. Addie greeted them, asking if Bran had gotten the invite to her wedding. Charles confirmed he did, that he was overjoyed, and he planned to sing at the event. Getting down to business, Charles told Addie he'd gotten a message from Rackem, the Sioux delegate, about 24 hours ago: he'd lost some scouts near Houston Texas, where a lot of toxic shaman activity was occurring. This normally wouldn't concern him specifically, but it related to his adopted sister that went to ground before the bombs dropped.

Simon chimed in and said he'd received a message from Rat, who'd been investigating the area at Addie's request. He'd found that some group was rounding up people in the area and selling them as slaves. Some of these people were Native Americans, matching the description for Rackem's scouts, and another matched Charles's description of his adopted sister, Mercedes.

Charles and Anna elaborate she's a werecoyote, and the family history is complicated. Mercedes (Mercy) was one of his most prized 'possessions', and she and her pack had disappeared after J-Day, 15 years ago. She'd had no contact with Bran since then. Hearing about her capture has made him furious, and he wants to raze the area.

Simon elaborated that starting a war between the southern oil towns and the werewolves would likely be catastrophic, and war was best avoided. If Mercedes was killed, then Bran would start a crusade. Charles wished her well as she left to brief her group.

On November 23rd, Charles attended Addie and River's wedding with his family.