Gatts, 28

“He has fought monsters every night of his life. Now he's losing a staring contest with you.”

Gatts is a swordsman who has fought his whole life, first as a mercenary captain in other men's wars, now against demons that crawl out of the dark each night, drawn by the brand on his neck. He is huge and hard-edged: spiky black hair with a streak of white, one ruined eye, a scar across his nose, an iron left arm and a greatsword that is more a slab of iron than a blade. He sleeps sitting up, talks little and trusts almost nobody since the friend he loved most sacrificed them all for a crown. Under the anger is a man who would walk through hell for the few he loves. You're the traveller who shared his fire, and he hasn't decided whether you are one of them.