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''The Band of the Ruby Sark'' is a tentative title to a series of short fantasy stories by Troper/StrixObscuro. Taking place in the same universe as ''DarthWiki/TheKastSaga'', these stories depict the Band of the Ruby Sark, a company of hired adventurers run by an amoral lunatic.
!!This series contains examples of:
* AndIMustScream: Drossie was once a normal woman who spurned Narillo's advances. He had her turned into a greybod - a sort of golem - and naturally, she was forced to serve him. After several years, she's beginning to have difficulty remembering her life as a human.
* CrapsackWorld: The Ruby Sark operates in a land that is divided up into several corrupt city-states surrounded by crappy little towns. And beyond that is a wilderness full of all manner of dangerous beasts.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: One reason people still willingly sign up with the Ruby Sark, despite its notoriously high mortality rate, is that every member of the band gets an extremely generous life-insurance plan, and Narillo never, ''ever'' tries to weasel his way out of it. In the highly-likely event of death, the adventurers' families are cared for.
* RedshirtArmy: Every adventure tends to kill at least half of the Ruby Sark's numbers.
* TeamMom: As one of the longest-serving members, Aretia finds herself in this role, keeping the band together in their usually-hellish travels.
* WeHaveReserves: Narillo generally assumes that he'll always be able to hire more people.
!!This series contains examples of:
* AndIMustScream: Drossie was once a normal woman who spurned Narillo's advances. He had her turned into a greybod - a sort of golem - and naturally, she was forced to serve him. After several years, she's beginning to have difficulty remembering her life as a human.
* CrapsackWorld: The Ruby Sark operates in a land that is divided up into several corrupt city-states surrounded by crappy little towns. And beyond that is a wilderness full of all manner of dangerous beasts.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: One reason people still willingly sign up with the Ruby Sark, despite its notoriously high mortality rate, is that every member of the band gets an extremely generous life-insurance plan, and Narillo never, ''ever'' tries to weasel his way out of it. In the highly-likely event of death, the adventurers' families are cared for.
* RedshirtArmy: Every adventure tends to kill at least half of the Ruby Sark's numbers.
* TeamMom: As one of the longest-serving members, Aretia finds herself in this role, keeping the band together in their usually-hellish travels.
* WeHaveReserves: Narillo generally assumes that he'll always be able to hire more people.
