✕✕✕ ABOUT.
( updated 2 / 6 /2024 )
NAME Matthias Czernin. (Louis)
TITLE The Puppeteer.
GENDER Male.
PRONOUNS He / Him / His.
AGE 24
D.O.B. Happy Birthday!
ETHNICITY Czech.
HEIGHT 6ft 3in. ( 190.5 cm )
ORIENTATION Demiromantic, Asexual.
OCCUPATION Entertainer, Puppeteer.
LANGUAGE(S) Czech, French, English.
FACTION Survivor.
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PERSONALITY.
Quiet and prone to giving the silent treatment without intending to, Matthias prefers keeping to himself most times, or using Louis to speak on his behalf. Though he’s not mute, it’s rare of him to speak for himself unless it’s through Louis, and seems to actively avoid being addressed directly.
Louis, however, seems friendly and playful, but still carries the immaturity and ignorance of youth; due to this, it’s believable that the puppet and the puppeteer are separate entities, or perhaps different points of time in Matthias’ life, especially when arguing. If one weren’t fooled, however, they’d realise Matthias’ is unstable and uses Louis as a defence-mechanism to protect himself - even if it’s to his own detriment.
Despite the fragility of Matthias’ mind, he is a stubborn and resilient young man who stands firm in his beliefs, regardless of opposition from others, even going so far as to dismiss his own autonomy if it means driving a point across to others.
When push comes to shove, however, he is not without a short fuse, quick to lashing out on others if pressured, and easily resorting to violence. Lanky as he is, he can pack a hefty punch, and has no qualms with setting himself on fire if it means taking down those who mean him harm at the same time. If it isn’t obvious by his appearance alone, approach with caution.
HEADCANONS.
× He keeps his head slightly cocked to compensate for the loss of his left eye; he also prefers sleeping on his left side.
× He is dealing with untreated PTSD, DID, AVPD, and Imposter Syndrome as a result of the poor treatment from his family, and head trauma from the stage’s collapse.
× Yes, he does talk to Louis even when alone. He’s very conflicted on how his interactions with the puppet goes; the conversations can rapidly vary between fear, anger, and friendliness.
× If someone were to steal Louis, he wouldn’t worry; that fucking thing has a habit of popping back up no matter where he goes…
× He has moments where he seems to regret the loss of his family, if only because there was a longing for them to see him as he was, and not who they wanted him to be. This manifests as Louis pestering him with questions about the incidents and often results in Matthias displaying fits of aggression.
× Matthias not only has insomnia, but will sometimes sleepwalk the few times he’s able to actually get some rest. During these times, he will occasionally speak in Louis’ voice.
× Despite Matthias’ on and off dislike for Louis, the puppet doesn’t seem to harbour any ill-will for Matthias - and seems to go out of his way to try and cheer Matthias up. Even going so far as to protect him.
× Matthias daydreams of someday being able to enjoy his birthday with friends, but that requires having friends in the first place. That, and he struggles to enjoy it even by himself as it feels it’s only a reminder of his failure to be worth loving as he is.
× His parents named the puppet Louis because Matthias doesn’t sound as nice in French. Furthermore, he intentionally butchers the French language when speaking it. Get mad, French Losers…
× Louis speaks French almost perfectly fluent unless he’s trying to be endearingly imperfect.
× Matthias has terrible depth perception since the incident, and although he’s learnt to adjust he struggles with timing Louis’ use of undaunted because of it.
× He sometimes avoids mirrors because he’ll see Louis staring back at him instead of himself.
× Unbeknownst to Matthias, his mother and her side of the family are followers of Yidhra.
× His father also has a prominent lineage, but it’s something of a mystery to Matthias who was only ever aware of their history in puppetry.
× The doll repair kit on his belt has seen more use mending his own wounds than actual dolls or puppets. The lip stitches are a method of self-imposed lip-training.
HUNTERS.
The memories of his first match are hazy at best, but he knows he really does not like them; staying in his room because of them, Matthias makes a point to treat them as though hunters are invisible. If he doesn’t address the monsters in his nightmares, they can’t hurt him, and that’s all this is, it’s just another never-ending nightmare, right?
And even if it isn’t, why would he ever want to befriend those who’ve proven themselves terrible?
SURVIVORS.
He’s just as wary of them as he is the Hunters. Regardless of this, and the fact he seems to prefer avoiding people, he has no desire to see harm done unto them by the monsters set free to torture them for entertainment in the arena.
MATCH STYLE.
His match style is unknown at this time due to memories of his first match being hazy to him; based on his skills, however, it can be inferred that he relies on the use of Louis to rescue others, as he’s more than willing to let the thing be destroyed. Especially if it happens by supernatural means; get RID of that thing… Much to his dismay, Louis seems invulnerable to attacks, especially through the use of the skill ‘undaunted’.
Overall he seems to prefer kiting these nightmarish Hunters through matches himself. He doesn’t seek to humiliate them as much as buy the others time, playing the role of silent prey.
Also, due to circumstances, Matthias is unable to receive healing from others; however, he’s able to mend himself while mending others.
✕✕✕ CREDITS.
art & interpretation by mothysms.
Matthias Czernin, Louis // Puppeteer© Netease.
✕✕✕ MUN.
Hi, I'm Mothy!
I'll add more later, but for the sake of clarity, I just wanted to make sure everyone knows I'm A) an adult with other things I like to get up to that isn't just this blog, and B) write Matthias' disability partially from my own experiences - so ableism will not be tolerated.
While I enjoy RPing, this blog will likely end up just being an ask blog.
x Mun is 31 and would rather not be on friendly terms with minors. It's fine to interact with the blog, but please don't try to interact with me OOC unless it's joking to one another in tags or replies.
x This blog will stay relatively SFW. Minors are asked to not interact with posts that may imply NSFW on this blog. Those posts will be tagged accordingly.
x If there's something that needs tagged, you may ask me to tag it.
x Mun is intergender Agender, and knowledgeable on most intersex content and how it's portrayed poorly in media and looking to rectify that without making it an inherently explicit.














