Gabbert Unwin

**Gabbert Unwin**, also known as '**Grunt**', is one of the main player characters in the Band of Fools series. A child who lived a short life full of misfortune, he was later resurrected by a mysterious organization, but later escaped and wandered into the unknown.

He will be first introduced in The Labyrinth of Dreams and Madness, where he will stumble upon the eponymous maze with Erie Asane.

## Personality

Grunt's ELPIS are kindness and love, while his TORMENTS are violence and paranoia.

## Story

### Early Life

Gabbert Unwin was born to gamblers (Hughbert Unwin and Carmina Batumbakal) who wanted nothing to do with him. Once they were presented with the opportunity to rid themselves of the responsibility of taking care of a child, they took it, and handed Gabbert over to the black market network of Crescentfall City. There, the black marketeers raised him with the intentions of one day harvesting his organs, and fed him special food to keep his body in excellent conditions. Though Gabbert grew up a troubled kid, he survived this ordeal for six years.

Not long after, he was bought by ringmaster Duke Davenport as a talent for his traveling circus, Duke Davenport's Cirque Wonderland due to Gabbert's exceptional physical prowess as a result of consumption of enhanced food. He traveled and performed acrobatics for the circus for some time until the audience lost interest in the circus' repetitive talents. Desperate, Davenport forced Gabbert to push his physical abilities and perform contortionism, and punished him when he couldn't meet his expectations. At a show, Gabbert purposely sabotaged a stunt involving fire, causing the fire to spread around the circus, resulting in panic and destroying the circus and its props. Amid the chaos, Gabbert escaped and ran into the unknown.

Gabbert stumbled upon an 8/12 Convenience Store along the way and tried to steal food and water, but the storekeeper, Bernard, caught him. Instead of punishing or reporting him to the police, however, Bernard saw the child's poor condition and took pity on him, offering to take care of him in exchange for helping him out around the store. One day, Davenport and the black marketeers searched the store for Gabbert and asked Bernard who denied it.

## Powers and Abilities

The following data is accurate as of character creation.

### Stats

* Health: 8
* Willpower: 6
* Size: 5
* Speed: 10
* Defense: 5
* Initiative Mod: 5
* Azoth: 1

### Attributes

* Intelligence **•**
* Wits **•••**
* Resolve **•••**
* Strength **•••**
* Dexterity **••**
* Stamina **•••**
* Presence **••**
* Manipulation **•**
* Composure **•••**

### Skills

* Academics **•**
* Computer **•**
* Crafts **•••**
* Investigation **•**
* Science **•**
* Athletics - **Parkour** **•••**
* Brawl - **Capoeira, Grappling** **••••**
* Survival **••**
* Weaponry **••**
* Animal Ken **•**
* Intimidation **•**
* Persuasion **•**
* Socialize **•**

### Bestowments

* **Titan's Strength:** Grunt is able to flex his muscles tighter than they were made to be as every fiber of his body is optimized for maximum muscular efficiency. When taking any actions with the Strength Attribute, he achieves exceptional success on 3 successes instead of 5.

### Transmutations

* **Vitality:** Grunt, as a Titan, continually tests himself not just in feats of physical strength, but in terms of his fortitude and resolve as well.
	+ **Unbroken:** Grunt knows that to progress on his Pilgrimage, he must continually test his body, pushing it to its limits and beyond. Grunt's Azoth is added directly to his Stamina. This affects Health as well.
		- **Rebuke the Shroud:** Though occasionally the body of a Titan may break irreparably, they will not bow or be broken even in the face of incipient death. Instead, they push through the pain and damage for a short time in a last-ditch effort to achieve their goals. Upon activation, Grunt does not die until the end of the scene, no matter how much punishment his body suffers. When the scene ends, he dies unless he finds a source of electricity with a strong, constant current, such as a subway rail or an exposed power line. In this case, he slowly regenerates his health. (3 Pyros, Reflexive)
* **Corporeum:** For Titans, Corporeum is the counterpart to Vitality, granting speed and endurance to raw strength. The Alembic progression heightens his tactical capabilities, freeing the mind to concentrate on strategic necessity.
	+ **Hygeius:** Grunt feels pain, but while he is not debilitated by it like humans are, he's often unable to interpret pain signals. If Grunt would suffer a wound penalty from his health boxes being filled, they instead receive a dice bonus equivalent to the wound penalty they would suffer.
		- **Resilient Flesh:** Attacks that would sunder a Promethean's flesh still land, but the flesh does not quite part or crush as it should. Grunt subtracts 2 from all sources of damage, even fire. The superficial signs of damage remain, cauterized by Pyros and scar tissue that fades when the Distillaion loses charge. (3 Pyros, Reflexive)