Here's my idea for a comic book hero. It's not a "superhero" like with a costume and secret identity but I thought it'd be a cool comic book premise so here ya go. Read all about it and tell me what you think.
In the land of Medevalia, many strange and powerful creatures roam. The land is home to the likes of vampires, werewolves, witches, goblins, trolls, and even humans. In a land with such a diverse population, the only force to maintain peace...was the Sheriffs. Long ago, the ancient citizens of Medevalia, after exhausting every method of ruling over the population finally decided that there would be no official rule. They declared that the inhabitants were free to do as they please so long as they obeyed the laws they had written which were handed down to the Sheriffs. Medevalia was then divided up into regions and each region would have its own Sheriff appointed by the locals as they saw fit. Should a Sheriff no longer enforce the law or in any way fail to fulfill his duties, the citizens would be able to relieve said Sheriff of his or her duty and appoint a new one. The Sheriff of Canaan, in the south, was Ephriam Luther.
Luther is the first human Sheriff in the history of Medevalia. Humans are usually considered too weak to protect the citizens and maintain order in a region filled with such powerful beings and are thus never appointed Sheriff unless they are skilled in the arts (magic), or are able to transform into a more powerful creature. Luther, however, is an ordinary human with no special abilities to aide him. He was originally a farmer and had his own land just outside of town. He lived peacefully with his wife, two daughters, and lychan farm hand until one night, a pack of vampires invaded his home. He and his farm hand, Jeremiah, were able to survive the brutal assault and fend off the vampires but he lost his wife, children, and his left eye (scratched out by one of the vampires). He replaced and his eye with a red glass marble his daughter used to play with and followed the vampires into town. In front of everyone, Luther confronted the vampires and killed them single handedly with nothing but a rope and a knife. After the bloody confrontation, the citizens appointed him as Sheriff and upon entering his post, the local gunsmith presented him with massive pistol that resembled a sawn-off, double-barrel shotgun with a revolving chamber. Though originally intended to be handled with two hands, Luther is able to wield the miniature shotgun with one hand. His first act as Sheriff was to name his former farm hand, Jeremiah Blud, as his deputy. Jeremiah is a lychan (werewolf) whose pack was killed during a town riot when he was a child. He wandered on to Luther's farm naked and hungry. Luther took him in and gave him a home. Since then, he helped out on his farm and became like a son to Luther.
Luther is a tall man standing 6'2 with tanned skin and long jet black hair neatly tied in a ponytail. He has a dark, five o'clock shadow and five scars around his left eye from the vampire's talons. He usually wears a white shirt with a black, collared vest and gold buttons under a heavy, charcoal long coat and black broad brimmed hat. Jeremiah is only 5'9 and has dirty blonde hair and a light beard. He usually wears a white shirt with a red bandana, long brown coat and a matching ten gallon hat. In his werewolf form, he grows to 6'3 (on his hind legs) and his body is covered in brown hair with a wolf's face and sharp claws. He carries two silver revolvers with white handles while on duty. Together, the two men keep law and order in the Canaan Region.
To avoid a sort of Western motif with monsters, I decided I wanted this world to have a Dark Ages theme to it as well so it would also have ideas like knights and wizards and kings so while there would be some "cowboys" running around, I want to make sure it's unique from that.
Here's an idea of the characters are supposed to look like. If anyone would like submit a design, I'd love to see it (I couldn't use my scanner so I had to take a picture and edit it):
