Loose Associates

Hello again.

To all intents and purposes, I have "finished" my Witch Hunters (for now...), having no further figures I think suitable to join them (all foxes and other nefarious types for the most part from here I'm afraid!), but I do have a few others who could assist the cause as occasional allies. So long, of course, as they have appropriate views on life and no obvious connections that would be rightly frowned upon!

In that context, I have a few civilian types who could join in at some point, I have a couple of cold-blooded types who might be called on in the future and I have my Knights to paint, who belong to the same Order of the Lavender Garden as the Witch Hunters, but follow a different path within it, content merely to show their martial prowess rather than slink about in the shadows of the Northymbran underworld seeking out ne'er-do-wells, malcontents and the downright dangerous.

Here are two non-aligned characters who might have common cause with the Witch Hunters from time to time, I thought. Backstories are coming to me thick and fast for why and how they would work for/ with the Order, so no worries on the authenticity front for me.

The first is Pugga Fett, a Pug Bounty Hunter, who could make common cause with the Witch Hunters quite easily given his line of work. An obvious agent of the Order, his club-wielding, no nonsense attitude would surely help out in any scuffle. That club could be a two-hander, giving him quite literally some serious clout and his armour at the very least is light armour, though stretchable to heavy if the points allow, his mail sleeves perhaps extending into a full shirt beneath his studded jack. And who needs binocular vision when you're up close and personal swinging half a tree at someone?

Who would not want a Pug Bounty Hunter?

And then there is Fergus mac Ferret, a Ferret Rogue by definition, but in my mind a traveller who works just the right side of the law. Not an informant, but happy to drop a name or two in the right company, he is FEARLESS (a trait afforded all ferrets in "Burrows & Badgers") and can mix and match equally well in both high and low society. Those throwing daggers hint at a speciality that would come in useful in the back alleys of Eoferwic, Whitbye, Scar's Burgh or Bebbanburg, not to mention any of the other towns and cities of Northymbra in which he might find himself.

Fergus mac Ferret proudly wears his Strath Clota clan tartan and it would be a foolish beastie who called him a ferret in a skirt...

Light armour from his leather jack and cuirboilli shoulder pieces should keep him safe for a while.

These two also have the added advantage of being able to join other groups as they (i.e. I) see fit. Fergus would be a fine candidate for a wild and hairy Strath Clotan raiding party, kilts, broadswords, targes and claymores bursting in upon all those soft and rather wealthy (compared with the denizens of Strath Clota itself) southerners. Pugga Fett is theoretically employable by anyone, from evil empires to debt-collection agencies, including as muscle for a criminal gang pressing a business for protection money.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and anyone/ thing else reading this, is one of the prime beauties and attractions of "Burrows & Badgers". You almost literally CAN put anything with anything else to create your band. Just pick the half a dozen or so figures you like, give them a story and off you go. BUT!!! BEWARE!!! You will NOT be able to just pick half a dozen or so as this really DOES GET YOU HOOKED!!! The figures are an absolute joy to paint, the rules are very workable and easy to use, the depth of subject is enormous and the whole thing is massive FUN! From the buying to the research to the painting to the creation of backstories and scenarios, this whole "Burrows & Badgers" thing has been an absolute wonder for me and, judging by Facebook groups and other opinion, I am not alone! The only problem is that it is stopping me doing anything else!

Rampant plug over, I bid you farewell till next time!

G