The
following is the cast of characters from Blood and Roses.
We'll be adding characters on a regular basis as they appear
in the current Blood and Roses stories.
CHRISTIANA
BLOOD

Chris was reared by her Aunt Eve and Uncle Jude with all of
her male cousins in Salisbury, England, circa 1301. Growing
up was difficult, for the Middle Ages were a very
trying time to be a headstrong female in a castle full of
dominating males. Still, Chris was treated fairly by her
Uncle Jude and cousins, even schooled in the art of fighting
(much to her Aunt’s disapproval). Chris proved to be an
excellent fighter and in, in time, unexpectedly surpassed
her cousins in combat skills. When the Crusades began,
however, she was denied the right to join up the battle.
Shortly thereafter, Christiana was approached by the Time
Lords with an offer to join their cause and, with nary a thought,
readily accepted.
TAMARA ROSE

Born in Cincinnatus in 2183 to two high-ranking politicians,
Tamara had her fill of politics and bureaucracy at an early
age. Tamara’s half-sister Reachal married a high-ranking
politician. Tamara was expected to do the same but straight
out of school she attended the Military Police Academy and
became a MilaPolice officer. She wanted to "protect and
serve" those whom she felt needed it but became
discouraged with how the system operated, finding that
bureaucratic "red tape" often barred her from
doing her duty. She made an attempt at a happy life by
marrying a young up-and-coming politician only to have him
taken by an assassin’s bullet. She dealt with her grief by
launching a vicious attempt to clean up the Cincinnatus
criminal under-belly. Tamara was approached by the
Time-Lords, and sensing the importance of the task
unpretentiously resolved to become one of their prime
agents.
HOPE LeBECK

Hope is the daughter of Selene LeBeck, who was married to
Andrew (StormQuest) LeBeck in the year 2191. Hope joined the
MilaPolice force at the ripe old age of 19. After finally
tracking down and witnessing the death of the notorious Eel
and helping Tam and Christiana find one of the Time-Shards,
Hope quickly moved up in the ranks in the MilaPolice force.
At the age of 30, Hope quits the force and leaves with her
daughter and son never to be heard from again. It is
believed that the murder of her husband pushed her beyond
the edge. Another rumor is that a high ranking official
wanted revenge on her husband and had him killed, and plans
to do the same to the rest of her family. She goes back in
time to her father and StormQuest to find protection for her
children.
VANESSA

Vanessa, a distant descendant of Hope LeBeck, lives in a
ravaged era where the Magi-Tech Wars were responsible for
the destruction of many of earth’s cities. Mankind was
left with the task of rebuilding civilization, and to add to
the burden, a new age of dinosaurs had strangely re-emerged.
One day, Vanessa was gathering berries when a frenzied
Raptor came upon her. With the timely appearance and help of
Blood and Rose, they slew the dinosaurs only to be faced
with a greater danger, the "BadTarr" (Huntarr).
Eventually, the Huntarr was defeated and Blood and Rose
retrieved a TimeStone from Vanessa’s grandmother, Loritta.
CHRONUS

Chronus has many mysteries surrouding him. Where did he
come? How did he rise so quickly in the TimeLords regimen?
No one questions him and only a past love confronts him. He
has taken an intrest in preparing both Tamara Rose and
Christana Blood, hand picking them and personally overseeing
their training.
MARTA (MISTRESS)

Very little is known about this powerful woman. What is
known is that she once was ranked as high in the Time-Lords
circles as Chronus. She fell out of grace when she tried to
take the Time-Stone for her own use. Referred to as
"The Mistress" Marta enjoys employing others to do
her dirty work for her. She has been best known to date for
reincarnating Gurk the Troll into Skorch. After his ultimate
failure Marta tossed him away, as she does to most objects
that outlive their usefulness. Marta’s main objective is
to acquire the Time-Stone for herself and her benefit. She
is very powerful, her abilities limited only to what she
believes is possible, which makes her a very potent and
wicked adversary indeed.
SKORCH

A servant of the capricious Marta, whom he refers to as his
"mistress", Skorch is the reincarnated soul of
Gurk the Troll. Pulled by Magic from the ether, Skorch
retained most of his knowledge of his previous life, and his
previous hatred for Christana Blood and Tamara Rose. Given
several opportunities by Marta to avenge himself, Skorch,
even with his magic abilities, failed his mistress and was
subsequently discarded as a "useless puppet". As
further punishment, his mistress wiped his memory blank with
no recollection of his former self.
HUNTARRS

Very little is known about this race of predatory aliens
except that they came to earth following the desolation of
the Magi-Tech Wars. Seeing the planet as an ample landscape
for their new "hunting grounds", the Huntarrs set
forth re-populating the third planet of Sol with what they
felt to be the ultimate terran game, dinosaurs. Around the
2400’s the Huntarrs were making regular "hunting
expeditions" and enjoying themselves at the expense of
the humans attempting to carve out a new way of life in this
war-torn world.
TIMELORDS
Long ago the Timelords empowered themselves with the awesome
responsibility of safekeeping the TimeStone, an object of
immeasurable power. This sacred trust was eventually
violated by one of their own with the reckless loss of the
Stone. Following this event, the rash interference of
mortals ultimately caused it to explode, creating the
cataclysmic TimeStorm. The TimeLords are now faced with the
challenge of righting this wrong by monitoring the TimeLine
for the resulting flaws and disruptions. They send out hand
picked and trained recovery teams to retrieve precious
TimeShards with hopes of rebuilding the shattered TimeStone
and restoring the damage down to the TimeLine.
The EEL

Martin Brown was an abused child who grew up to be an
abusive parent. His was convicted of various heinous acts
involving children. Martin spent several years in a
penitentiary where he earned the nickname "the
Eel". Unfortunately, during transport to another
facility, the Eel escaped and was at large for several
years. In 2210, Martin was chased into the sewers of
Cincinnatus by MilaPolice officers Tamara Rose and Hope
LeBeck. Moments after entering the sewers he is believed to
have been killed during an encounter with Skorch.
Authorities hold him responsible for the disappearances of
over 48 children and 6 adults. The whereabouts of these
unfortunate people were never discovered.
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