Hollow Fangs

Faction Type: Informal civilian auxiliary group (not self-organized)
Alignment/Outlook: Survival-driven, low-status, often resentful
Symbol/Colors: A skull with the incisors missing—a mocking tattoo forced or assigned by wereknights to denote “fangless,” powerless civilians.

Overview

The Hollow Fangs are not a true faction by choice.
They are ordinary non-wereknight civilians in Onadbyr who have been pulled into guard support roles during the city’s instability.

Their identifying mark—a skull missing its fangs—is not a badge of honor or membership.
It is an insulting symbol given or enforced by wereknights to emphasize the civilians’ lack of fangs, strength, and status. Many bear it reluctantly, as a requirement to serve or gain access to food rations and protection.

As a result, the “Hollow Fangs” function less as an organized group and more as a label imposed from above, grouping together those forced into auxiliary duties.

History

Player-known information indicates:

• The mark came from wereknights as a way to designate non-transformed civilians used as backup labor and manpower.
• The name Hollow Fangs reflects their perceived inferiority—a reminder that they lack the wereknights’ monstrous fangs.
• Civilians placed in this role receive limited support and minimal authority.

The group has no known leadership, hierarchy, or ideological unity.

Goals & Motivations

(All based on civilian motivations known to the party)

• Keep their families fed, especially during shortages.
• Avoid punishment or neglect from the wereknight-controlled guard.
• Maintain basic safety and stability with the little authority they’ve been given.
• Perform their duties well enough to avoid being singled out, mocked, or demoted.

The civilians show uneven moral alignment, but none appear fanatical or malicious.

Notable Figures

• None formally known.
  All encountered individuals have been low-ranking civilians pressed into guard work.

Relationships

• Allies:

  • City Guard / Wereknights — but only in the sense that they are subordinate auxiliaries, not true partners.

• Rivals/Enemies:

  • Anyone who threatens city order, or those the wereknights label as “traitors.”

• Party Connection:

  • In Session 13, a Hollow Fangs-marked guard was found upstairs in the Lucky Leap.
  • He expressed fear of repercussions if he spoke freely—not fear of assassination, but fear of losing protection, rations, or safety for his family.
  • His tattoo was a visible reminder of his low status.

Notable Moments

Session 13

• A guard with the Hollow Fangs tattoo reveals its meaning indirectly through fear and reluctance to speak.
• He admits he is a conscripted civilian, part of a group mocked and kept at the bottom of the guard hierarchy.
• The party sees firsthand that these “Fangs” are not enemies, but pressured locals caught between survival and coercion.