Deadman

**Deadman** is an important character from the **Record of Tavern** verse. He was a talented human gunslinger living in the United States, but became at some point a dangerous four-armed zombie that masters guns and arcane magic.

He takes part in the tournament between Aegis and Pagun, as a fighter for Pagun. He is fighting Monker during the 4th round.

## Appearance

Deadman is a zombie with a bald head and a tattered face showing the shape of his skull's bones. He possesses four arms, and wears a Western killer outfit which includes a hat and two guns.

## Personality

Unnervingly quiet, merely interacting with others aside from angry or smug grunts. This silence if a facade, so Deadman may continue planning out his next move without needing to expend what little brain power he has to respond. If an opponent earns his respect, he may finally speak up. Typically, he believes many of his opponents aren't worth his time if they die against his first barrage of attacks, as they so often do, but will slowly begin to refine and focus if his opponent proves more difficult to bring down.

## Background

Along the desert lands of the western coast of the world, the sands of time spread across a long beach. A beach supposed to be out of the reach of mortals. It would take a creature who stalked the line between life and death to reach it. Such as when the walking corpse of a lone desperado, searching for his next prey. As he crossed into the sands of time, millennia of knowledge washed across the desperado's body, must of it useless to the walking corpse, but some wormed its way deep in the desperado's still thinking brain. When he returned to the land at the living, he knew too much. Though he couldn't act on it himself, he began to seek out those who could, to prevent the end of days that even the dead fear. The Deadman continued to wander the lands, honing his newfound magic and grinding off the rust his undead state put on his gunslinging skills, waiting for the day he had his shot at putting a hole through Fate's skull.

## Powers and abilities

* **Undead Nature:** Deadman is a zombie, though his magic prevents him from fully decaying. He does not need to sleep, eat, drink, or breathe. Additionally, he can reattach severed of blown off limbs at will, and can survive with his head deattached from his body, so long as his brain remains more or less intact.
* **Arcane Armory:** Deadman's old west brain means that guns are the first thing on his rotted mind. Even with his vast arcane knowledge, his favorite uses for his magic include summoning arcane constructs of his favorite firearms he's seen throughout history, summoning various bullets to use with those firearms, and opening portals to allow him to shoot at unexpected angles.
* **Guns:** he has always been a professional gunslinger, even as a human. Jacob Taylor was fast enough to beat the Aztec demigod Lord Huizitl's Sin-Sun Bolt attack in a quickdraw.
	+ **Monker Business:** after abandoning his two guns to show respect to Monker, Deadman earned a new gun called "Monker Business" from his victory against Monker.
	+ **Chuckle Fucker:** he earned a second gun called "Chuckle Fucker" after killing Agastya.

## Relationships

* **Moarte Rosu:** His fighter from Round 4.

## Trivia

* Deadman has eaten the brains of four different people, including the imp Khollyon, ex-Pagun fighter Agastya, fish god Topetu, and ex-Aegis fighter Beak.