Avernum's Saviors

**Avernum's Saviors** were a notable antagonistic group that acted as self-proclaimed heroes in lands where chaos was prominent and the law was too ignorant to do anything about it. They were most active in the lands of the subterranean nation known as Avernum, but were known to expand their reach elsewhere, most notably in areas on the Surface that the Empire has taken over.

They served as the primary antagonistic group of *Chapter V*.

## Overview

The mysterious group known as "*Avernum's Saviors*" started off as a simple vigilante group with no intentions to harm anyone who did not deserve punishment. Their very first leader was a wise man of the Water element who possessed the power to cast magical spells of every Natural element. They were much friendlier back then and were willing to welcome those who wanted to fight for justice and goodness, even the ones who were forcibly exiled from their own kind and nation.

However, this attitude did not last for long. Soon after the group was formed, their noble leader came face to face with a newcomer with visions of grandeur. His name was Bael Bridges and he came to see that the group has been too peaceful during its existence. Wanting to make a notable difference, he pulled out his weapon and executed the man, forcing the others to grant him the sacred leadership. Some of them were disturbed that their leader was murdered in cold blood, but most decided that their new lifestyle would be more "exciting" and decided to give in to their new leader's demands.

In time, the man who took control of this seemingly peaceful team of vigilantes came to be known as "Baron Bridges". He completely changed the group that he took over his wing, kicking out everyone who refused to fit in and accepting those who were willing to put their own differences aside to fight in his name. As a result, the formerly noble group of helpful warriors became a deranged gang of mentally unstable fools who were pretending to help the people of Avernum get rid of all evil, but were instead feared and hated by them. This violent and unpredictable, almost mercenary-like, attitude continued to last for years, until the so-called Baron was finally slain and the remainder of the former group was allowed to leave, under the circumstance that they would never draw a weapon against good people ever again.

## Battle Expertise/Methods/Motives

"Avernum's Saviors" specialized in performing their horrendous deeds from the shadows, much like the bandits that they swore to destroy. They use many kinds of equipment to achieve their "noble" goal, ranging from smoke grenades and shackles to battle implements that are meant to cause pain to their enemies.

The people that they considered to be their victims were peaceful souls who only wanted to stay away from the chaos that Redmark's army was bringing with itself. Thinking that they were secretly acting against their own kind by pretending that they are harmless, the so-called vigilantes usually spied on them from afar and determined whether they were worth the trouble or not. Most of the time, they knew that the only way to deal with them was through swift execution. Sometimes, they even considered the poor folks to be working for a much more dangerous organization and used much more questionable methods to dispose of them.

The group has been known to bring despair upon their unsuspecting victims wherever they went, not caring whether more innocent people would get hurt because of their actions or not. They rarely send one of their own (much rarer for an actual group) and instead set up explosives, cook up recipes for trouble in the forms of powerful creatures and trap their enemies when a moment of surprise is present. This usually works surprisingly well and their victims do not live for long enough to see the aftermath of the bloody deeds. However, few of them were known to survive those vicious onslaughts. Those lucky folks, however, were too terrified of those unexpected events and very few of them were willing to share any details, thus making the job of their attempted killers much easier.

## Members

### Other Members

* *Vance* *(General)*
* *Jones*
* Numerous unnamed members

### Formerly

* Moritz
* Moritz's group

## Deaths

* Jones
* Vance
* Bael Bridges
* Numerous unnamed members

## Killed Victims

* Numerous unnamed people *(Caused and Direct)*
* Numerous unnamed humanoids *(Caused and Direct)*

## Trivia

* The name of this group is a nod to the "*World's Savio(u)rs*"- a notable group in the "*MARDEK*" series that act as antiheroes and pretend that they are better than the main group in many ways, much like this one.