Atticus
Atticus (a.k.a. Attie)
Physical Description
Physical quirks
Attie is somewhat farsighted due to her anatomically arachnid eyes, and a little faceblind as well. She is ambidextrous.
Special abilities
Atticus has fully-functioning gills, and can breathe easily both in air and underwater. Additionally, after her "rebirth" by Moskal, her skin has microscopic striations like a worm or a gecko, which allows her to climb walls with ease.
Apparel & Accessories
Mental characteristics
Gender Identity
In the abscence of any evidence otherwise, Attie has decided that she is probably a girl. Sometimes she wonders if she’s not a boy too, though.
Failures & Embarrassments
Three times, she has failed. And three times, she has lost them. Now she's down to two. Nothing left to do but fix it.
Mental Trauma
Laughs in Preskov Wyrnian.
Morality & Philosophy
There are only five things that matter, in this world or the next, and their names are Sam, Eugene, Walter, Jaimie, and Atticus. Everything else is of no consequence, unless it gets in the way of the five things that do, in which case, it must be removed.
/*Evidence: Sam and the ghost (as small children), the Feywild situation, Yzabel's WHOLE DEAL and Moskal*/
Taboos
Implying that there isn't any way to eventually bring her family back together and have things the way they were before. In the back of her mind, she knows this is impossible, but they were the only safe and sane forces in her life, and she cannot accept that even if she gets them back, things will be changed.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Atticus WILL reunite the Greywater Orphans. Obviously, she prefers to do so in life, but if she dies trying, well, she’ll keep at it anyhow.
Savvies & Ineptitudes
Nothing escapes Atties’s notice. She is so perceptive that she can read lips from 50 paces.
Likes & Dislikes
Attie loves heights, being underground, and especially being underwater, as those places are very inaccessible so represent safety from things that might hurt her. She prefers cities to rural areas for the reason that they provide far more of these areas and have a higher tolerance for general weirdness.
Atticus has an instinctive distrust for anything with a spirit. This includes fey, plants, and herself. The one exception to this rule is Jamie. She is mortally afraid of fae and large wildernesses, although this has been dulled somewhat due to her worst fears having been realized. Forests and cold are her least favorite biomes, as they remind her of Moskal.
Virtues & Personality perks
Atticus is extremely stubborn and unswayable in her convictions. She will do anything for the health, happiness and safety of her friends. This is not hyperbole. She would trade a thousand lives for theirs in an instant. Even death will not stop her.
Vices & Personality flaws
Atticus no longer has any regard for life or property. Her predominant emotion has also shifted from fear to rage. Altogether, an extremely unstable and dangerous individual.
Personality Quirks
Social
Family Ties
Sam. Eugene. Walter. And Jaime.
. . . That’s it.
Religious Views
The gods can chill and do their own thing if they just GIVE THEM BACK. Until then, we have a problem.
Social Aptitude
Attie was never socialized as a child, and so was essentially feral until she was picked up by the Greywater Orphanage at the estimated age of 5. In combination with her general features being incompatible with much of the wider world, this has resulted in her being extremely nervous and socially inept, to the point that she actually scares people who don't know her. She is very eager to please and wants friends desperately, but it is very difficult for her to get past the early stages. Miserable. She really can’t give a flying fuck how she comes off anymore.
Speech
Strong Preskov accent, despite only spending early childhood there.
There are only five things that matter, in this world or the next. Their names are Sam, Eugene, Walter, Jamie and Atticus. https://open.spotify.com/user/4ivqa3t6v785kpxtww628slc2/playlist/1dGsxHpawBnxfpTGXeC0QI?si=4DqVR
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Alignment
Neutral Evil
Honorary & Occupational Titles
Greywater Orphan
Birthplace
Children
Eyes
Black chitin. And there are eight of them.
Hair
Lavender
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Pale grey
Height
4’ 10”
Weight
78 lbs
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Basyre, sweet Basyre . . .
19 Caelus
Journeying feels so . . . empty, without them. Two people alone are no match for the world. Thank goodness we will not have to deal with this for long. It's unnatural.
Sam has been taking it worse than I have, I think. I don't know if she realizes our circumstances are only temporary. She seems very torn up about the eggs and the larvae - I have yet to convince her of their utter unimportance. I hope I can help her look towards the future instead of the past - it holds such promise!
Unprecedented success on our first day of searching. Walter was located in less than an hour and successfully taken back to our accommodation. He's a little worse for wear, but I cleaned him up as best I can. I have a feeling the rest won't be so easy, but this early victory has put me in high spirits.
A new accessory has presented itself to us. His name is Rowan - another Greywater, though none of note. He shares my interest in returning the departed to a functioning body. His formal education can perhaps supplement my own necromantic dealings - two minds will surely progress faster than one. He has not yet proven himself a danger, although he doesn't seem entirely there. This may be a boon - perhaps he will remain too distracted by his own affairs to impede our mission.
Legacy Journal
Friends!!!! We are the greywater orphans!!!
Bugsy: my best slime buddy. Keeps us safe from people who hurt us! WHO?
Walter: he's just baby, though he's out so much nowadays :( I wish he would come visit more. RIP
Eugene: he helps me with my work! Tells me jobs and talks to mean people so I don’t have to. I’m helping him find the bad people who killed his parents. RIP
Jamie: he protects me! He is my big brother and he helps me a lot, he teaches me things and he sells the mushrooms we grow! WILL RETURN
Sam: she is my only sister! Helps me with girl things, and is very good at talking to people. She is so good at being a girl people pay her for company! LAST REMAINING ALLY
Our bar!!!! (Pub Garfield):
I am the head chef! I am out a lot though
Rupert (slaad): he is my sous chef. He does not talk to me which is fine. I like him.
Eddy Finley (gnome, from Tabberam): He is very good at people, they love him! Sometimes he is so good it is a little scary, but he is never mean. I like him.
Madison (thiccc slaad): body guard, keeps people outta our house. He is so good at people, he is so nice for us but very scary to mean people, I like him.
Hancock (upslaad): manager??? He is very fancy and kind of scary, calls himself “the Vegetable Man”. Smells like perfume and slimy things. I think he is meaner than he says. I don't trust him.
I work for Sebastian (Sebs) Holloway, but through Eugene cause he's kind of scary.
Jenny O’Hare - Walter’s GIRLFRIEND????
Walter was gonna meet Jenny before he died at The Fly Dive, likely last night or afternoon WELL, THEY'RE DEAD.
DREAM JOURNAL:
I was swimming in deep dark, carrying a handful of mushrooms. Thinking “gotta bring these back to them!” Nearby large friendly presence <(Yeva? Sibling?)> in the water. Thinking and speaking a different language (FREAKY!) (Preskov Wyrnian?)
Word left in mind: “Vitya” < former name
My history????
Moskal’s demons “very dangerous”. Am I very dangerous???
Moskal is a person who makes “demons” - we are a mishmash of creatures. Yeva rescued many of us when I was around 5, and brought us to live protected in a cave by the sea. I got lost in the woods on the way? She continues to mourn my loss??? Vitya (my baby name), Yzebel, Krem, Vladimir are siblings. About 16 other “demons” live in a cave in Tauth w/Yeva, 2 have disappeared at some point but the cave is presumed safe from Moskal since they have lived fine so far.
>> What is Yeva Moskal? (She is a dark elf and cleric of "The Goddess" LOLTH, Lolth is mean and should die)
First experiments - gnome to spidery gnomes, second gen magic dark elf spiders, not good at it (does once or twice per year and fucks up often) - third batch try to merge dwarves and dark elves “Duergar” both SOULS AND SPIRITS, Undertaker DON’T LIKE THAT she messin with life forces bad! Undertaker doesn’t know how to deal with them if they die
GREAT SO YEVA WAS FUCKING MOSKAL ALL ALONG AND ALSO TERRIFYING. LEAVING BASYRE WAS A MISTAKE. TRUSTING WAS A MISTAKE. PEOPLE ARE A MISTAKE. I HAVE SO MUCH TO FIX NOW.
Attack plan: Convince Moskal’s Demons to come w/us back home, overrun city, get Big Mac with our 17 new magic monster friends, create a humanitarian gang. Eventually take on Moskal? HAHA SO IT TURNS OUT THAT HAVING ANY FAITH WHATSOEVER IN OTHER PEOPLE IS A MISTAKE. I'LL STICK WITH MY FRIENDS THANKS.
The Undertaker said I am “the only one who can bring Yeva, her kids and worshippers out of existence” (she indoctrinated her kids with her own beliefs). He gave Jaimie a boon to “kill everyone in the cave system except Attie, completely eradicate Yeva Moskal’s work”. AFTER DUTY WAS DONE JAIME’S BORROWED TIME WAS DONE AND THE UNDERTAKER TOOK JAIME (his original body died in a forest fire in the Feywilds at age 7). WE ARE NOW ENEMIES. FUCK SPIRITS.
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Druidic focus: a sea-smoothed stone, picked up on her childhood trek southward from Moskal's lair.
Healing Magicks:
До сва́дьбы заживёт. (Da svádʹby zuzhyvyot)
“It will heal before your wedding/you’ll live.” Healing Word. Kiss spellcasting focus and blow kiss towards target.
Жизнь коротка́, а дел мно́го. (Zhizn' korotká, a dyel mnóga)
“Life is short, but there’s a lot to be done.” Cure Wounds. Kiss spellcasting focus and apply directly to injury.
Сам погиба́й, а това́рища выруча́й. (Sam pogibáy, a továrishcha vyrucháy)
“You might die yourself, but you must save the friend.” Greater Restoration, Resurrection magics. Cry on target and spellcasting focus, if possible press forehead against target's and caress their temples with antenae.
Нем, как ры́ба. (Nyom, kak rýba)
“Mute as a fish.” Gentle Repose. Place salt and copper while waving spellcasting focus over target like a ward, must be cradling target.
Но́вая метла по-но́вому метёт. (Nóvaya metla pa-nóvomu mityot)
“Out with the old, in with the new/A new broom sweeps in a new way.” Animate Dead. Use spellcasting focus to grind the bones used as a material component, then hold it in the mouth whilst casting to imbue it with life force. To complete casting, place focus in mouth of target.
Useful Magicks:
Близо́к локото́к, да не уку́сишь. Blyzok nokatok, da nyo kuzhish)
“Your elbow is close yet you can’t bite it/so near and yet so far.” Hold Person. Cross self with spellcasting focus and a small iron bar held between fingers.
И у стен бывают уши. (I yu styen byvayut ushe)
“Even walls may have ears.” Pass Without A Trace. Whisper into focus in cupped hands, then use to smudge ash across each target's eyes.
Что ру́сскому здо́рово, то не́мцу сме́рть. (Chto rússkomu zdórova, to nyémtsu smért)
“What is good for a Russian is death to a German.” Protection from Poison. Run focus over "gill" sides of neck, trace down to chest, and then "flick" outwards away from body of target.
Вода́ ка́мень то́чит. (Vadá kámen' tóchit)
“Even water cuts stone.” Ray of Enfeeblement. Abruptly slap bicep with focus, violently direct focus towards target while dropping arm.
Simple Magicks:
За чем пойдёшь, то и найдёшь. (Za chem paydyosh', to i naydyosh')
“As you sow, so you shall reap/what you go looking for, you’ll find.” Chill Touch. Clutch stone to wrist with nondominant hand, bend dominant hand into claw and pantomime clutch at target.
Пришла́ беда́, отворя́й ворота́. (Prishlyá bedá, atvoryáy vorotá)
“Trouble is here, so open the gates.” Shillelagh. Slam focus into weapon violently.
Е́дешь на́ день, хле́ба бери́ на неде́лю. (Yédesh' ná deen', khléba berí na nyedélyu)
“If you go for a day trip, bring a week’s supply of bread/always be prepared.” Guidance. Hold focus to forehead of target, instruct them to close their eyes for a few seconds.
Дёшево досталось -- легко потерялось. (Dyoshevo dostalos' -- legko poteryalos')
“Easy come, easy go.” Mending. Press focus to one side of break while pressing hand to the other, and trace the break.
Healing Magicks:
До сва́дьбы заживёт. (Da svádʹby zuzhyvyot) “It will heal before your wedding/you’ll live.” Healing Word. Kiss spellcasting focus and blow kiss towards target.Жизнь коротка́, а дел мно́го. (Zhizn' korotká, a dyel mnóga) “Life is short, but there’s a lot to be done.” Cure Wounds. Kiss spellcasting focus and apply directly to injury.
Сам погиба́й, а това́рища выруча́й. (Sam pogibáy, a továrishcha vyrucháy) “You might die yourself, but you must save the friend.” Greater Restoration, Resurrection magics. Cry on target and spellcasting focus, if possible press forehead against target's and caress their temples with antenae.
Нем, как ры́ба. (Nyom, kak rýba) “Mute as a fish.” Gentle Repose. Place salt and copper while waving spellcasting focus over target like a ward, must be cradling target.
Но́вая метла по-но́вому метёт. (Nóvaya metla pa-nóvomu mityot) “Out with the old, in with the new/A new broom sweeps in a new way.” Animate Dead. Use spellcasting focus to grind the bones used as a material component, then hold it in the mouth whilst casting to imbue it with life force. To complete casting, place focus in mouth of target.
Useful Magicks:
Близо́к локото́к, да не уку́сишь. Blyzok nokatok, da nyo kuzhish) “Your elbow is close yet you can’t bite it/so near and yet so far.” Hold Person. Cross self with spellcasting focus and a small iron bar held between fingers.И у стен бывают уши. (I yu styen byvayut ushe) “Even walls may have ears.” Pass Without A Trace. Whisper into focus in cupped hands, then use to smudge ash across each target's eyes.
Что ру́сскому здо́рово, то не́мцу сме́рть. (Chto rússkomu zdórova, to nyémtsu smért) “What is good for a Russian is death to a German.” Protection from Poison. Run focus over "gill" sides of neck, trace down to chest, and then "flick" outwards away from body of target.
Вода́ ка́мень то́чит. (Vadá kámen' tóchit) “Even water cuts stone.” Ray of Enfeeblement. Abruptly slap bicep with focus, violently direct focus towards target while dropping arm.
Simple Magicks:
За чем пойдёшь, то и найдёшь. (Za chem paydyosh', to i naydyosh') “As you sow, so you shall reap/what you go looking for, you’ll find.” Chill Touch. Clutch stone to wrist with nondominant hand, bend dominant hand into claw and pantomime clutch at target.Пришла́ беда́, отворя́й ворота́. (Prishlyá bedá, atvoryáy vorotá) “Trouble is here, so open the gates.” Shillelagh. Slam focus into weapon violently.
Е́дешь на́ день, хле́ба бери́ на неде́лю. (Yédesh' ná deen', khléba berí na nyedélyu) “If you go for a day trip, bring a week’s supply of bread/always be prepared.” Guidance. Hold focus to forehead of target, instruct them to close their eyes for a few seconds.
Дёшево досталось -- легко потерялось. (Dyoshevo dostalos' -- legko poteryalos') “Easy come, easy go.” Mending. Press focus to one side of break while pressing hand to the other, and trace the break.
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