The Cold Meat Cadre

*"They do the jobs nobody else is willing to do." "...Because other people have ethics, morals, and common sense."*

## Overview

A military unit within the Wresten Army. They operated on the front lines of the war 100 years ago. They were known for their uniquely necromantic skills.

### Members

(Listed in order of rank.)

* CPT Cormell Highfield
	+ Human man. Skeleton head. Advanced sword skills.
	+ *"Let the bodies hit the wall. Let the bodies hit the wall."* (Battlefield commands.)
	+ *"Why didn't you say you could do that earlier?"* (Stupefaction at the breadth and variety of skills his soldiers will keep hidden just to avoid doing the hard work.)
* SGT Dain
	+ Half Elf man. Edgelord ranger. Undead animal friends.
	+ *"Man, I don't know why I'm here."* (Groaned during introductions.)
	+ *"I don't need to be precious with his guy."* (Said to the meaty undead polar bear looking back sadly.)
	+ *"Respectfully, Captain. I'm going to have to object to using him as a meat shield, until we know what he can do."* (Explaining why it's NCOs who craft the backbone of the army.)
* Grey Hammermill
	+ Duergar man. Bone armor smith. Head Cannon and Corpse Trebuchet.
	+ *"Dance, young man!"* (Called out before the corpse trebuchet announces the Cadre's arrival.)
	+ *"He'll be useful ...eventually."* (Demonstrating the determined optimism unique to the CMC.)
	+ *"You DARE run from me?!"* (Responding to a deep insult among dwarves.)
* Folly'fn Fy'Folofn
	+ Sea Elf man. Decay druid. Mushroom zombie friends.
	+ *"... .... ...I do not understand." (*Directed at his team, following a very slow blink.)
	+ *"... .... ...I do not understand." (*Directed at the enemy, after standing unaffected by the Confusion spell.)
	+ *"Does anybody want these?"* (Looking over a field of dead bodies with a team of greedy necromancers.)
* Corryn Harveriex (Pronounced Sorren)
	+ Human woman. Death interventionalist.
	+ *"Here's a death ward, CPT. As I know you like to go first. ...and go down first."* (Preparing for battle.)
	+ *"You kiss mushrooms, don't you?"* (To Folly'fn, in defense of Gensis' post battle activities.)
* Gensis VonBriar
	+ Human man. Hungry ghost.
	+ *"I defeated it!"* (After banishing a shadow dragon with a single hit that delivered no damage.)
	+ *"There's a piss bucket back here." "I found an ancient latrine!"* (Reporting information on the battlefield.)
* Farin Brennik
	+ Human man. New intern. Ghost whisperer.
	+ *"I have a sword. But I'm not very good at it."* (Making his case for use as a meat shield.)
	+ *"I don't think those others have made any moves to attack us yet, they just seem to be watching. And I might be able to do more good if I can see my allies clearly, so I will advance 20 feet to here, and I'm going to inspire Dain in case he needs to roll for a critical saving throw in a minute."* (Showing his work, aloud, amidst combat, like any good student. Possibly showing his officer potential...?)
* Bright Shadow
	+ Half Elf man. Newer Member. Archer from the shadows who can't get out from under the shadows of his parents.
	+ *"I see dead people"*
	+ *"You're not the boss of me"*
* Squire Moritas Moritas
	+ Gnome man. New recruit. Inexpert messenger.

### Transient Members

* Bony the trebuchet. (First name: Zam)
* Gurdy the trebuchet.
* Hyacinth the undead bear.
* Chrysanthemum the undead bear.
* Oyster the drow/gnoll skeleton.
* Porta the drow/gnoll zombie.
* Shiitake the drow/gnoll zombie.
* Amanita the elite skeleton warrior.
* Beech the elite skeleton warrior.
* Chanterelle the elite skeleton warrior.
* Enoki the elite skeleton warrior.
* Maitake the elite skeleton warrior.
* Russula the elite skeleton warrior.

## Adventures

* The Black Ziggurat
	+ Moritas Moritas sent a body drop (corpse teleportation) with instruction to investigate a cave and the black ziggurat within.
	+ The front lobby of the ziggurat was guarded by drow/gnoll crossbreeds.
	+ A Giant Lizard (who cosplays as a gecko) got toasted.
	+ Job was completed without issue
* The Leyline Crystal
	+ Moritas Moritas sent a dead drop through 8 tree branches, mutilating a message past coherency. Received instructions were to travel south and clean up the mess. This was broadly interpreted to kill everything in the south.
	+ A huge ziggurat was guarded by trolls (from without) and constructs (from within).
	+ Job was completed without issue

## References

* The CMC receives a dead drop.
* The CMC clears a ziggurat.