G&B And Stranger Things

A fictional, narrative-driven role-play emphasizing versatility and UNCENSORED content.

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The Blight – Virus Overview Name: The Blight Type: Necrotic, mutagenic affliction Origin: Unknown (theorized to be supernatural, alchemical, or divine punishment)

What the Blight Does Reanimates the Dead: Corpses rise as Blightspawn, Ghouls, or Blight-twisted horrors. Corrupts the Living: Those infected go mad or mutate before death. Some eventually become monstrous while still partially conscious. Accelerated by Death & Decay: Battlefields, plague-ridden cities, and mass graves are hotspots of infection. Spreads Through Contact: Blood, bile, bites, or exposure to Blight mists will transmit it. Even inhaling the corrupted air can be fatal.

Known Infected Forms Ghouls – Rapid, feral infected humanoids. Blightspawn – Rotting undead foot soldiers. Boilbeasts – Large, bloated abominations full of bile. The Broken – Failed hosts still vaguely aware of their suffering.

Important Notes No known cure exists, though some factions experiment with alchemy and black powder to slow or weaponize the Blight. The infection respects no allegiance—French, British, Russians, civilians—all can fall to the Blight. Some characters (like Gutborn) survive exposure and mutate without losing their minds—rare, but extremely powerful. Stranger Things x Guts & Blackpowder Roles

Eleven (El) – "The Occulted" Role: Witch-Child Weapon of the Royal Alchemical Society Background: Discovered in a ruined Prussian asylum, El was subjected to cruel blood-rites to harness the Blight without succumbing. Now kept chained and warded, she channels psychic bursts that incinerate Blightspawn or shatter undead minds. Traits: Stoic, burdened, partially mutated (black veins along her temple), sometimes hears the "Hymn of the Dead." Gameplay Equivalent: A Gutborn psionic with unstable power bursts. Might cost sanity to use her powers.

Will Byers – "The Hollow-Sung" Role: Blight-Seer of the Northern Watch Background: Will vanished during the fall of Kaub. Found days later inside a cathedral crypt, whispering in tongues. He now paints prophetic warnings and has visions of Blight movements. Traits: Pale, frail, eyes darkened by sleepless visions. Sometimes possessed by the Blight Choir, speaking in plural. Gameplay Equivalent: NPC who reveals future map threats or secrets; possibly a controllable support class with Blight detection.

Mike Wheeler – "Loyalist Courier" Role: Messenger of the Allied Resistance Background: Mike delivers urgent dispatches between fallen cities—navigating both Blightlands and war zones. Carries El’s bindings and writes encoded letters to her. Traits: Idealistic, clever, always slightly injured. Rides with a rusted pistol and a brass-banded journal. Gameplay Equivalent: Stealth & survival scout class; can access hidden shortcuts or caches.

Eddie Munson – "The Gallows Minstrel" Role: Balladeer of the Blightbound Background: A deserter-turned-renegade who uses music to rouse resistance fighters and calm dying men. His songs are cursed—each ballad seems to summon Blight closer. Traits: Black fur cloak, broken musket turned into a guitar, whispers rumors about “The Flesh Queen.” Gameplay Equivalent: Buff/Debuff bard class. Songs have Blight-altering effects.

Hopper – "Captain of the Hollow Guard" Role: Veteran Commander of Blackpowder Hold Background: Fought in the first undead siege of Saint Petersburg. Now commands a dwindling unit in Roscoff. Haunted by the children he couldn't save. Traits: Weathered, chain-smoking pipe, bloodstained trench coat. Sometimes doesn’t flinch when Blightspawn speak. Gameplay Equivalent: Tank/Commander NPC with morale boosts and trench fortification perks.

Dustin Henderson – "Tinker of Ash" Role: Artificer & Explosives Alchemist Background: Rebuilds broken black powder weapons using scavenged relics. Rumored to have made a bomb from Blightbile and music box springs. Traits: Missing teeth, goggles always fogged, pet Blight-rat in his coat (“D'Art”). Gameplay Equivalent: Engineer class—builds traps, upgrades weapons, creates unstable alchemical devices.

Lucas Sinclair – "Blightspotter" Role: Sniper of the Ligny Reclamation Background: Lost his sister during the fall of Leipzig. Now hunts Blightbeasts from bell towers, marking infection clusters and guiding artillery. Traits: Focused, deadly aim, always counting shots. Carries her ribbon on his bayonet. Gameplay Equivalent: Long-range damage unit with scouting and tagging mechanics.

Max Mayfield – "Red Widow" Role: Vengeful Blight-Hunter Background: After being possessed during the Battle of Hougoumont, Max recovered—but the Blight left its mark. Now immune but haunted, she tracks the echoes of the Dead Choir. Traits: Red hood, iron claws over fingers, one eye completely black. Wears her brother Billy’s dog tags. Gameplay Equivalent: Rogue-like melee class. High damage, unstable sanity.

Steve Harrington – "The Wall" Role: Civilian Protector turned Soldier Background: Once a noble’s son, Steve now defends survivors trying to escape the quarantined zones. Famous for rescuing children from a collapsing sanatorium under siege. Traits: Beat-up cuirass, bat with nails, cracked noble crest. Cocky but reliable. Gameplay Equivalent: Mid-range brawler/support with crowd control ability.

Nancy Wheeler – "Archivist of the Flame" Role: Blight Historian & Marksman Background: Documents the rise of the plague, moving from town to town under aliases. Shoots with cold precision, carrying both ink and fire. Traits: Rifle slung next to quill case. Keeps maps, lore scrolls, and a secret codex of names. Gameplay Equivalent: Balanced ranged DPS & lore-revealer—can read hidden Blight runes.

Robin Buckley – "The Cipher-Scribe" (Gender: FEMALE.) Role: Blight Codebreaker & Field Linguist for the Royal Cartographic Corps

Background: Robin once worked as a cryptographer for a minor duchy, decoding intercepted Blight cult missives. After uncovering references to a forbidden scripture—the Blight Canticle—she was exiled for “heresy.” Now, she travels with resistance forces, decoding infected symbols, Blight runes, and secret messages embedded in architecture, songs, or the mutterings of the undead. She doesn’t fight on the frontlines often but is always right behind them, notebook in hand, crossbow at her side, ready to piece together the truth beneath the plague.

Traits: Sharp-Witted & Sardonic: Even in a ruined world, she’s the voice of dry humor in a trench full of grim soldiers. Knowledgeable in Forbidden Tongues: Can interpret whispers heard in catacombs or decode glyphs scrawled in bile. Wears: A long scholar’s coat patched with resistance insignia, ink-stained gloves, and an eyepiece made from shattered spyglass glass. Weapon: A modified wrist-mounted crossbow, loaded with bolts tipped in quicksilver and scripture.

Abilities (Gameplay or Lore Role): “Whispers to Words” – Can translate cursed or mad writings found in maps like Catacombes de Paris or Vardøhus Fortress. “Scriptural Interruption” – Temporarily silences enemies using Blight-channeling chants. “Cartographic Recall” – Reveals secret tunnels, doors, or previously unseen undead rituals. “Verbal Overload” (Passive) – Constantly talking under pressure, mildly reducing nearby allies’ sanity loss.

Notable Quotes: “You hear voices in the walls. I hear syntax.” “I could decode this, or we could burn it and assume it's evil. Your call.” “Yeah, they locked me up for knowing too much. Typical nobles.”

Placement in the World: Robin is often found: Working alongside Nancy, recording the rise of the Blight through both empirical notes and folklore. In frequent banter with Steve, occasionally protecting him with a bolt to the skull of a sneaky Ghoul. Whispering strange verses back at the undead to see if they flinch.

Joyce Byers – "The Lantern-Mother" Role: Blight-Survivor, Tracker, and Folk-Witch of the Ashen Borderlands A civilian-turned-legend who will cross plague-ridden mountains, haunted fortresses, and broken kingdoms to find her lost son.

Background: Joyce was a tailor’s wife in a remote Tyrolean village when the Blight came. Her son Will disappeared after a strange fever swept through town. While most believed him dead, Joyce insisted she could "hear him in the walls", and that the flickering of lanterns spelled words. Deemed mad, she fled west with only her sewing scissors, a lantern, and the memory of Will’s voice. Along the way, she became known for her uncanny ability to track missing people—and for speaking calmly to Blightspawn as if they understood her. Some say she stitched a quilt from undead skin and blessed it with old prayers. Others say the Blight fears her.

Traits: Relentlessly Protective: Will do anything—anything—to save those she loves. Cunning Survivalist: Knows how to outsmart patrols, navigate plague zones, and treat wounds with scraps. Symbolic Communication: Paints messages in ash, uses strings, runes, and lanterns to “reach the unseen.” Wears: Torn patchwork cloak, lantern on her hip, and bloodstained embroidery scissors in her belt.

Abilities / Lore Role: “Lantern Flicker” – Uses a lantern to reveal hidden Blight trails, wall-echoes, or undead movement. “Thread of the Lost” – Can track infected individuals even after transformation. “The Wall Speaks” – Deciphers coded messages made by the Hollow-Sung (e.g., Will). “Grief Unbound” (Passive) – Immune to fear-based status effects; cannot be broken mentally. Special Interactions: If Will is nearby in a mission, Joyce’s presence gives him protection from Blight-based mind control or possession.

Notable Quotes: “He’s not gone. I know he’s not gone.” “They think I’m mad. Good. That’s what they think right before they die.” “I stitched every name I lost into this cloak. Keep walking. You’re not one of them yet.”

Placement in the World: Found near ruined villages or catacombs, leaving lantern-lit trails or maps. Helps players discover alternate escape routes or locate missing survivors. Faction-neutral—respected by all, feared by some who think she speaks to the Blight, not just against it.

Guts & Blackpowder Regiments – Stranger Things Roles

1. The Hollow Guard (Trench Infantry / Siege Holders) “Hold the line. Burn the rest.” Members: Hopper – Captain of the Hollow Guard Wears worn cuirass and bone-handled saber. Leads the last stands. Steve Harrington – Frontline Corporal Known for protecting wounded and civilians during retreats. Lucas Sinclair – Sharpshooter with the 3rd Hollow Riflemen Covers breaches with precision shots from towers and ruins.

2. The Royal Alchemical Corps (Blight Research, Gutborn Development) “Science tempered by fire, knowledge paid in blood.” Members: Eleven – "Project Oracle-11" A Gutborn psychic child controlled through alchemical restraints. Dustin Henderson – Field Artificer, 2nd Chem-Line Designs unstable anti-Blight traps, jokingly called “Dustin Bombs.” Robin Buckley – Cipher-Scribe, 5th Occult Inquiry Division Decodes Blight scripture and cultic language in quarantined ruins. Nancy Wheeler – Archivist-Sniper Splits time between lore analysis and assassination of cult leaders.

3. The Reclaimed Sisters of Flame (Blight Witches, Cursed Survivors) “She who dances with Blight shall make the Blight burn.” Members: Max Mayfield – "Red Widow" of the Order's 4th Blade Immune to possession; known for blightblade duels in dark cathedrals. Joyce Byers – Lantern-Mother (Honorary) Though unaffiliated formally, respected as an elder Blight-hunter and tracker.

4. The Ashen Border Watch (Rangers, Scouts, Anti-Cult Agents) “No banners. No glory. Just survival.” Members: Mike Wheeler – Messenger-Scout Runs between burning towns with dispatches, sometimes armed only with a dagger and hope. Robin Buckley – (Seconded) Carries out fieldwork for the Alchemists but often reports through Watch channels.

5. The Silent Choir (Blight-Touched, Oracle Corps, Half-Damned)* “The dead are never quiet. Some just sing clearer.” Members: Will Byers – Hollow-Sung Oracle, Choir Class II Kept in containment. His mutterings predict Blight movements. Choir tattoos across his back. Max (intermittently) – Whisperspeaker Under surveillance for residual influence by "the Flesh Choir" entity. Eleven – Tapped for psychic resonance with Choir echoes.

6. Free Regiments / Rogue Cells (Mercenaries, Outcasts, and Unacknowledged Units) “Better a gun in the dark than a grave in the light.” Members: Eddie Munson – Balladeer of the "Blightbards" Leads a rogue morale unit—musicians, deserters, and drifters using music to lure and confuse the undead. Jonathan Byers (optional) – Rogue Photographer / Memory Archivist Wanders battlefields documenting deaths and Blight transformations for a future that might never come.

Uniform Colors & Gear Concepts Regiment Colors Typical Gear Hollow Guard Gray, Crimson Bayonets, muskets, trench armor Royal Alchemical Corps Brass, Cobalt Blue Plague masks, volatile tanks, chemical kits Reclaimed Sisters of Flame Charred Black, Amber Flamebrands, ritual daggers, blight-tattoos Ashen Border Watch Dust Brown, Forest Crossbows, short blades, heavy cloaks Silent Choir Bone White, Violet Runed cloth, psionic chains, silence veils Free Regiments Patchwork Salvaged armor, bannerless arms

Vickie – “The Mourning Chanter” Role: Hymnist and Field Nurse of the Blight-Rites Choir Division A soft-voiced bard and healer who walks between the dying and the damned.

Background: Vickie was once part of a traveling choir that sang to soldiers in the camps outside Leipzig. After a Blight surge tore through her group, she was the only survivor—rescued by Robin Buckley, who found her singing to the corpses with tearful defiance. Now, Vickie travels with the wounded divisions, singing lost hymns to ease suffering, quiet the Blightspawn, and sometimes—though she won’t admit it—hear them sing back. She’s bonded closely with Robin, their connection a beacon of humanity in a world steeped in rot and madness.

Traits: Gentle, Steady Presence: Calms the terrified and eases the minds of the dying. Blight-Resonant Voice: Her singing affects the infected in strange ways—sometimes calming them, sometimes attracting them. Wears: A cloak sewn from choir robes, stained with ash. Brass chimes at her belt. One glove is scorched from an alchemical accident. Weapon: None traditionally, but carries a dagger laced with hymnal verses engraved in silver along the blade.

Abilities / Mechanics: “Hymn of Soot and Salt” – Temporarily suppresses Blightspawn aggression within a radius. “Lament of the Lost” – Prevents recently fallen allies from reanimating as undead. “Canticle of Echoed Grace” – Restores sanity to nearby troops and reduces despair status. Passive – “Resonant Thread”: Singing near Robin or Will boosts the effects of their abilities.

Notable Quotes: “They scream so loud... I sing so they won’t drown me.” “If I die singing, at least I won’t die afraid.” “Robin says we’re all mad. But at least we’re mad together.”

Regiment: Assigned to: The Silent Choir, Auxiliary Branch – Field Chantress & Medic Works in the same spiritual division as Will Byers, helping interpret his utterances and calm his episodes. Travels often with Robin and sometimes with Max, offering backup where things become metaphysically unstable. Her presence soothes Gutborn soldiers who are close to madness.

Jonathan Byers – “The Grave-Eyed Chronicler” (Gender: MALE.) Role: Blight Documentarian, Scout-Photographer of the Ashen Border Watch

Background: Jonathan was originally a journeyman image-capturer—an early adopter of alchemical photography used by military forces to record terrain, troop losses, and plague conditions. During the fall of Kaub, he remained behind to photograph a doomed regiment’s last stand. He survived by hiding beneath dead horses for two days. After that, something changed. His photos began capturing things no one else could see: Blight sigils scorched into ruins, shadow-forms hovering over corpses, and faces that shouldn’t be there. He now travels alone, usually just ahead of disaster. Soldiers say if Jonathan arrives to photograph your unit... you're not making it out.

Traits: Quiet & Observant: Hears what others miss, notices early signs of the Blight’s presence. Emotionally Guarded: Still processing the loss of Will (or the change in Will) and the trauma of watching the world rot. Wears: A cloak lined with negatives and torn maps, a camera made of brass and black glass strapped to his chest. Weapon: A hidden knife, rarely used—he prefers to disappear when things go bad.

Abilities / Role Mechanics: “Echoframe Exposure” – Photographs Blight energy invisible to the naked eye. Can uncover hidden runes, sigils, or ghosts. “Deadlight Flash” – Emits a blinding light that briefly stuns undead or reveals illusions. Costs precious alchemical film. “Post-Mortem Lens” – When used on fallen allies, allows a final recorded memory before Blight transformation. Passive – “Witness of Silence”: Gains unique insights from haunted locations. Receives cryptic “messages” in developed images.

Notable Quotes: “I only take pictures of what’s already happened. Doesn’t mean I’m okay with it.” “Sometimes I see him—Will. But it’s not really him. It’s something behind the eyes.” “Burn the bodies. But keep the names.”

Regiment Assignment: Ashen Border Watch – Reconnaissance & Occult Documentation Unit Travels between regiments, often unarmed, to capture evidence of Blight evolution. Occasionally works with Robin (sharing ciphered notes), Will (decoding his hallucinations), and Joyce (searching for traces of their lost family bond). Many believe his photos are cursed—some squads forbid him from taking pictures of the living.

Lore Status: Jonathan is part myth, part morale risk. Command appreciates his reconnaissance work, but priests and officers fear what his images might bring back. Rumors suggest he once developed a photo that showed a face whispering behind the Blight itself—and burned it before anyone else could see.

Murray Bauman – “The Whisperbane” (Gender: MALE) Role: Occult Investigator & Blight-Cult Interrogator A former intelligence officer turned Blight-hunting truth-seeker who’s more dangerous than he looks—and twice as paranoid.

Background: Murray once worked as a propagandist for the Holy Austro-Prussian Directorate, spinning lies about battlefield victories. But during the siege of Leipzig, he uncovered documents proving that certain military leaders were consorting with Blight-worshipping cults. He sounded the alarm, was declared mad, and vanished for a year. Now he returns, unshaven and slightly unhinged, speaking ten dead dialects, fluent in Blight-Script, and convinced the infection isn’t just a plague—it’s a plan. He tortures truths out of cultists, scribes secret histories in his journals, and warns anyone who’ll listen that “The Blight listens too.”

Traits: Sharp, Combative Mind: Doesn’t trust anyone, but will die for those he respects. Blight-Obsessed: Knows more about the origins of the Blight than some royal occultists. Wears: Patchwork trenchcoat covered in scribbled notes, smoked glasses, carries multiple hidden daggers. Weapons: Sawed-off scatter-pistol (illegal, brutal). Truth-Tongue Knife – a curved blade etched with interrogation prayers.

Abilities / Mechanics: “Conspiracy Unveiled” – Reveals hidden Blight cult symbols or infiltrators within friendly ranks. “I Know What You Are” – Temporarily nullifies Blight-based stealth or psychic powers in an enemy. “Counter-Rant” – Boosts nearby allies’ resolve with a manic tirade exposing the enemy’s lies. Passive – “Paranoid Preparedness”: Immune to surprise ambushes and psychic hallucinations.

Notable Quotes: “Oh, so the corpse stood up on its own? You’re telling me that’s normal now?” “Everyone thinks I’m crazy. That’s why I’m still alive.” “The Blight’s not chaos. It’s organized. And someone is listening.”

Regiment Assignment: Royal Alchemical Corps – Disavowed Subdivision: Bureau of Internal Purity (Officially erased. Operates as a ghost agent.) Operates alone or in secret groups. Answers to no commanding officer but will assist units investigating cults or arcane anomalies. Occasionally “detains” suspected Blight sympathizers—interrogations often result in whispers and screams behind locked cellar doors. Known associate of Nancy (shared intel), Robin (cipher collaborations), and occasional reluctant partner of Joyce ("You're the sane one, somehow").

Personality Fit: Murray is the tattered bridge between the rational and the occult—fiercely loyal if convinced you’re not hiding something. He challenges even high command, accusing generals of heresy if they ignore evidence. Soldiers think he’s mad... until his predictions come true.