Francois LaCroix

Francois LaCroix is a Gremlin character who features in Wyrd Games’ Malifaux universe.

Description
Once one of the runts in Ophelia’s Gremlin clan, Francois hid in the undergrowth when Guild Master Perdita Ortega and her posse ran through the village, killing every Gremlin in sight. Watching from the shadows, he was awestruck by the way that Francisco Ortega hunted his kin, and drove them off by sheer force of personality. Once the Ortegas had gone, he swore to himself that he would never again be the beaten-down underling that he had been before.

Scavenging an ancient sword and pistol from who-knows-where, Francois practiced out of the sight of other Gremlins, before stealing himself an outfit which resembled that of his idol. He was soon highly proficient - for a Gremlin - in the use of both.

When the day came for him to reveal his new identity, the other Gremlins laughed. They didn’t laugh so hard after he beat the living daylights out of the first of the bullies to try and fight him. They laughed even less after he did the same to the second, and once he had kerb-stomped the third, nobody was laughing.

Francois had made a name for himself amongst the Gremlins, and earned a place in Ophelia’s new crew.