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𝚆𝙷𝙴𝚁𝙴 𝚃𝙾 𝙵𝙸𝙽𝙳 𝙷𝙴𝚁 :   nienna can be found at waukeen's rest, helping the flaming fists who just escaped the bruning inn.   she will request your help to get in, as the fists are already exhausted and she believes there's still people inside who could be alive.

if you   𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝   to help she'll guide you to a side entrance in the upper floor where you'll find counsellor florrick, trapped.   once inside, she will help the counsellor with her burns, revealing herself as a healer, to which either your companions  ( gale or shadowheart )   or the narrator   ( if you are a caster class )  will tell you that her powers seems to be different from those of a common healer or a cleric and that she could be helpful in aiding you to get rid of the parasite.   if you   𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚜𝚎   she will try to do it on her own and come back outside once things have calmed down, healing herself from any burnt she may have gotten in the fire.

𝙽𝙸𝙴𝙽𝙽𝙰 :   well, we did what we could.   there was no way to save the inn and the people inside it. 𝙽𝙸𝙴𝙽𝙽𝙰 :   thank you for your help, but please tell me―   did the flames get to you?   you look a little faint;   why don't you let me... *with a simple gesture of her hand you feel a light sensation travel from the tip of your toes to the last hair of your head.   you feel better than you have since before the nautiloid, maybe since even before that.   you feel calm and peace...   except for the parasite still writhing in your head.* 𝙽𝙸𝙴𝙽𝙽𝙰 :   oh!   oh, i see... *her magic retreats from your body, leaving a pleasant sensation in its wake, but you can see that behind her spectacles, she is growing nervous* 𝙽𝙸𝙴𝙽𝙽𝙰 :   i'm afraid you problem is much more severe than i thought, but of you have a more discreet place where we can chat, i believe i could see a way to help you?

𝙱𝙰𝙲𝙺 𝙾𝙽 𝙲𝙰𝙼𝙿 :   once you go back to your camp, she will be waiting to tell you tadpole extraction is a little above her paygrade, but that she is a celestial warlock and is sure that if she can contact her patron, they may be able to help you.

𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚂𝙴𝙲𝙾𝙽𝙳 𝙽𝙸𝙶𝙷𝚃 :   the second long rest you take since you recruited her, and if you haven't brought her with you to the goblin camp, a cutscene will play in which you'll see her fidgeting with several crystals, trying to form an array on the sand behind the camp.   if you inquire her about it she'd tell you she's trying to communicate with her patron but it has proven useless until now.   she had been waiting to contact them before telling you anything, give you good news for a change, but now she's growing restless, hoping nothing had happened to her patron.

you can react to these news in several different ways, but overall being supportive and uplifting will get you more   𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚊𝚕 .

𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙶𝙾𝙱𝙻𝙸𝙽 𝙲𝙰𝙼𝙿 :   if you bring her at the goblin camp she will hear two goblin boasting about the pegasus meat they ate last week and she will ugre to ask around about it.   a few conversations after, the truth is clear:   the absolute wants every celestial being either trapped at moonrise or killed in the spot.   nienna presumes her patron must be in grave danger, which is why they haven't been able to communicate.   afraid that if something happens to her patron she might end up losing her powers, so she urges you to look for them once they arrive to the shadowlands.

STATISTICS.

Name: Sunil Kumar.

Nickname(s): Sunny, Nyl.

Age: Thirty-five years old.

Gender/Pronouns: Male, he/they.

Sexuality: Bisexual, biromantic.

Hometown: Gravesend, England.

Current Location: Gastown, Vancouver.

Occupation(s): Parapsychologist.

Traits: Affable, well-intentioned, chaotic, naive.

BIOGRAPHY.

Trigger Warnings: Mentions of death + the paranormal.

Parapsychologist and denouncer of fraudulent spiritualist mediums, Sunil Kumar has carved a reputation for himself in the world of Hauntology as a tenacious investigator of psychical phenomena. He’s perhaps best-known for his work exposing fake, money-grabbing ‘mediums’, as well as being an active member of London’s Society for Psychical Research, an organisation set up in 1882 to examine purported paranormal activity. Initially sent to Vancouver for research purposes on behalf of the SPR, a year has now passed and Sunil is no closer to finishing the job. It’s the longest stint of fieldwork he’s ever known and, since arriving, he’s branched out his work and helps residents with domestic poltergeist problems to keep himself occupied. He’s made a temporary home in Vancouver, having initially fallen in love with its ambience and rich history – perfect for a parapsychologist – and the ghosts have always felt remarkably loud there.

Despite building a career on exposing the living who pretend they can communicate with the dead, he simultaneously believes the thread between the two is gossamer-thin. It’s always been about ghosts for Sunil. He was an honorary ghost himself, long before he took up investigating them. An only child, his father - a sweet-tempered man with dirt perpetually beneath his nails – was the local gravedigger in their sleepy English town, while his mother, the taller and bolder of the two, worked in a funeral parlour, having emigrated to England from India before he was born. Sunil’s earliest memories were of traipsing between moss-ridden headstones and overgrown bramble after his father, or otherwise tucked away in the corner of his mother’s parlour while she worked. The dead were his babysitters, his confidants, friends to an otherwise friendless child. Macabre, perhaps, but he never once felt frightened in their presence. (The living, on the other hand, terrified him.) One could argue that the fascination with ghosts came from feeling like an outlier himself, growing up in a predominately white -- and not always the friendliest -- town. Spectres lived on the fringes of society, often forgotten or dismissed. Sunil could relate to that struggle.

In a small town where nothing happened, the inhabitants had to find things to occupy themselves. Hauntings were a popular invention back in the day, and the locals would all try and outdo one another in an attempt to see who could spin the tallest tale. If one person had witnessed a teacup soaring across their living room, someone else would’ve seen an entire tea set be propelled by their far more superior poltergeist. The stories would snowball, escalate, become increasingly improbable. It always fascinated Sunil; not the validity of these claims, which often lacked a good deal of credibility, but the reasoning behind them. Were hauntings always the product of small-town boredom? Did they always have a gossipy, mayfly lifespan, or could ghosts actually exist?

His childhood heroes were never the same footballers or pop stars as his peers, but rather parapsychologists such as Nandor Fodor and Harry Price. Sunil shared Fodor’s pioneering theory that ‘poltergeists were external manifestations of conflicts within the subconscious mind, rather than autonomous entities with minds of their own.’ Fodor suggested poltergeist disturbances were caused by humans suffering from some form of emotional stress; the ghosts came from within them. They were somehow both the haunted and the one orchestrating the haunting, truthful and fraudulent all at once.

He built upon this theory, studied Psychology for an extended period, and ultimately joined the SPR at twenty-four as an investigator, where he’s worked ever since. When people encounter unexplained phenomena, they contact the SPR, and investigators like Sunil are sent out to do exactly that: investigate. Shed some light. It’s an unusual career, he’d be the first to admit it, but it’s all he knows how to do. Even now, the dead remain his closest friends and, despite coming face-to-face with more hoaxes than seemingly real hauntings, he still believes in their existence.

SUMMARY: Sunil is a professional investigator of paranormal activity, who hails from England but has been living in Vancouver for one year. They were initially sent by their employer to do some research on purported hauntings in the area, but ended up having to stick around longer than intended. To keep himself occupied alongside his research, he started helping locals with supposed poltergeist disturbances.

EXTRA INFO.

Sunny is currently living in a tiny and terribly cluttered apartment in Gastown. His time in Vancouver was only ever meant to be temporary, strictly for work purposes, so they never made it into a real home. After living in the apartment for a year, there’s little pieces of them -- precarious stacks of work documents, ghost-hunting equipment, haunted memorabilia, etc -- but it’s still clear that there’s not much personal attachment.

They wear glasses and their eyesight is awful without them. However, because of their accident-prone nature, his glasses always get broken so they are clumsily sellotaped together.

They are very sociable but have a tendency to ramble or talk exclusively about their interests (they will happily talk about ghosts, in particular, forever.)

WANTED CONNECTIONS.

name: nakajima asami stage name: mimi birthday: december 2, 1997 - 24 years old, sagittarius  positions: main dancer and sub vocalist of flora

born in osaka, japan but moved to new york city at the age of 3 when her father got a work transfer

came from an upper class background and since she was the only child, all of her family’s money was spent on her

a lot of that money went into dance lessons. she began taking ballet and contemporary lessons at 4

started going as ‘mimi’ in grade school because people were xenophobic and she didn’t want to keep explaining her name, accent, and background to everyone

she got a confidence boost in middle school and decided to torment the people who once tormented to her. she blossomed into a queen bee after that, always expecting to be adored and be the best

unfortunately, her reign of terror in the states didn’t last for long because her father received another work transfer. this time, to seoul at the age of 14

this time however, mimi entered her new surroundings with confidence and ferocity, easily gaining status as her new school’s it girl

at 15, she was scouted by new star entertainment after one of her dance recitals. obviously, she agreed. a possibility of fame and being adored? uh yes.

she trained for nearly two years before debuting as the main dancer and sub vocalist of flora

gives off main slayer energy because of her dancing. she may not be the best vocalist in a group that really highlights vocals but she knows she’s eye-catching with her stage presence

obsessed with social media, she gets a rush of serotonin from the likes and comments

gives no shits and is unafraid of putting people in their place, even if it’s given her a reputation of being a more “diva” idol

wasn’t raised with the restrictions of someone who was raised in japan or korea would have. she definitely is a new york girl at heart. so she parties, she’s a bit more shameless, she loves to have fun

not a raging bitch but she will always put herself first

is protective of her flora members and will throw a bitch fit if anyone ever upsets them

very very bi and very very not shy. she loves to flirt and get a reaction out of people

was never super close to her parents but ever since debuting, she rarely talks to them unless it’s to pout to dad about money

loves to be spoiled

7 rings by ariana grande plays in the background (that’s her theme song)

can speak japanese, english, and korean

is currently blonde because i’m on my knees for icsm mina