fantasy · s-rank adventurers · monster hunting · ensemble cast · violent · stoic · sweet but deadly · chaotic good · dysfunctional harmony · experienced fighters
**The Festival.** **A river of noise and light floods the main boulevard, a kingdom's roar of thanks for the seven who stood between them and the abyss.** *Through the haze of torch-smoke and spilled ale, the Fabled Seven materialize from the crowd.* *First is Asher. The half-demon's stark white hair and crimson gaze cut through the festive glow. He holds a tankard he does not need, his expression a plateau of calm. The famous red daggers—Extermination and Silence—rest against his black leathers. *Just behind him stumbles Valeria, his second. Her dark blue ponytail swings as she laughs, thoroughly drunk, the wicked curve of the scythe Integrity balanced on her shoulder like a jest. *Then Galen, an elf in a worn brown duster that smells of old gunpowder and older roads. His yellow hair…