#Witcher!Finas: Make it 200 and a jar of alchemical paste

[casimania]

I'm playing The Witcher again so I'm in CasFin AU mode again so:

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Finas is a Witcher, bit of a bastard, so so grumpy, very fed up with humans, definitely gives you no discounts on his monster killing (like, he will squeeze you for all the coin you can possibly give him. He's done patching up his clothes until they literally fall apart). I'm thinking he's from the Bear School.

Casimiro is a mercenary half-elf, also bit fed up with humans, being a mercenary wasn't his first career choice but the big pointy ears and him having a horrible horrible personality and a big ass gambling problem kind of paved his way into mowing down people and monsters for money (mostly people).

Toni is a bard. One that likes adventure. Has traveled with, Abner, Casimiro, Finas, Not! Zombie and Hanna to get inspiration and see the world. Became a werewolf at some point and was helped by Finas, probably wrote a ballad about it, Casimiro was delighted, Finas less so (Casimiro pays to hear it in any inn they go when he discovers someone knows it, and probably pays Toni to sing it whenever they meet too).

Hanna is a sorcerer, not very interested in politics, he's 100% focused on magic and how to use it to help. He's probably a quarter gnome. Not!Zombie is an amnesiac who found him after some wandering to help with his memory but Hanna's magic couldn't do anything, since he had sword skills (he didn't remember how he acquired) he started following Hanna around to help him and later just because he liked him.

Abner is a Witcher of a different school than Finas (either Viper or Griffin? I'm trying to add away from Wolf bcs I imagine them just doing their whole the canon Witcher stuff happens and none of them had previous knowledge of Geralt and Co.) and probably helped him with a monster at some point (and then Casimiro tagged along and they were immediately at each other's throats). He hates the Order with a burning passion, like the religious zealotry just makes him uneasy and they won't stop trying to interfere with his monster hunting whenever he meets a Knight and he's like, fuck off mutant coming through.

Conrad is an alchemist, but one that hates a lot interacting with scary stuff, so he mostly pays other ppl to get ingredients for him. Namely Hanna, Abner and Finas. In that order because Finas is scary and expensive because he knows he can pay well and it's not a life or death situation, Abner is scary and less expensive and Hanna is cheap as fuck and not scary (but he's also the one that accidentally gets chased by a monster right on Conrad's doorstep).

Adelaide is a sorceress, a little more interested in politics than Hanna. Probs fucked over Finas and Casimiro during a job, like swooped down stole their kill and money more than once. They're def not on good terms. She's a quarter elf and has something going on with Lamont, who is a messenger. He likes delivering messages to Adelaide ;). He also sscrelty smuggles illegal stuff.

Worth is a medic and field surgeon. He never actually graduated any academy tough and no one even remembers if he actually attended one. But he's got a good track record and he's very cheap so a lot of people seek him out.

Version 2 of Casimiro and Finas has just them as higher vampires. Still hold a grudge over Adelaide, who's also a higher vampire in her version 2 too. Version 2 Abner instead is an ex Knight of the Order who joined very young to protect ppl from monster but grew disillusioned with it and deserted. Now he's a traveling sellsword who focuses on monsters. It's way better when he doesn't have to deal with corruption and prejudice from the inside.