#non-apprentice oc

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Gae'chlell - former dryad -- kind, anxious, powerful plant magic

Cardigan - alchemist in the shop back room, grumpy, practical

Cass - privileged young noble, necromancer, Valerius's son

Sadrei - former rancher, now a half-bird hybrid, smol and nosy

@into-the-daniverse behold our your beloved brand new OC Bluebird! Drawing him was such a delight but drawing your OCs always is so I can't say I'm surprised

Name: Marcus Aquila Summanus

Age: 25

Height: 5’11”

Hair: Black

Eyes: Brown

Gender: Agender (AMAB)

Pronouns: ey/em/eir - pronounced “ay/em/heir”

Orientation: Tired (Demi-romantic Ace)

Favorite Food: Apricot Crostata

Favorite Drink: Fortified Red Wine

Favorite Flower: Narcissus

Brief Background:

Marcus is the fourth child of the current head of the Summanus noble family of Vesuvia. When ey turned 18 eir father used his connections to get em a position assisting Quaestor Valdemar with their work dealing with the treasury.

When The Red Plague became entrenched in the city, Marcus continued the work distributing funds to various different branches of the government, paying the guards, paying the palace staff, making sure taxes are collected, and other such responsibilities. Quaestor Valdemar, being generally uninterested in such things, happily went about their real interest of studying The Plague and leaving the treasury in eir hands.

Hjordis Ragnasdottir: Mercenary

Name: Hjordis Ragnasdottir

Age: 28

Gender: Cis Female

Eyes: Pale Blue

Hair: Light Blonde

Height: 6′0″

Pronouns: She/Her

Orientation: Biromantic Ace

Place of Birth: The Scourgelands

Languages: The Lingua Franca used by traders that travel the waters of the Strait of Seals to The Emerald Sea. A variety of other languages along those coastlines, and  the language the Scourgelands’ roving clans.

Occupation: Mercenary/Bounty Hunter

Skillset: Hjordis is trained in sword-fighting, hand-to-hand combat, archery, general wilderness survival, hunting, and tracking.

Just been thinking about Heron and how after his parents die he travels to Prakra to find his brother who he hasn’t spoken to in over a decade. He’s just this 26-year-old young man who is wracked with survivor’s guilt because he survives the plague when he parents did not, then guilt for not having reached out to his brother in so long, and even more guilt for leaving Vesuvia when it’s in what could possibly be it’s darkest period in recent memory.

Me: *claps Heron on the back* “This baby can fit so much guilt inside that you’d think he was raised Catholic.”

I imagine he made so many poor decisions during his time in Prakra. I mean he totally used the wealth of freely available knowledge to his advantage, but burying yourself in books for a distraction only goes so far for him. Probably lots of carousing in questionable places happened.

If anyone ever has a question for/about Heron, please feel free to just throw it at me. SFW, NSFW it’s all good. 

5. Where are they during the main Masquerade? Were they invited royals or just townsfolk who decided to stop in when Nadia opened it to everyone?

Heron was at The Masquerade, looking for Jinana within their continuity. He enters the palace with the general population, but doesn’t end up finding his friend until after they’ve returned from the magical realm after binding The Devil. During The Masquerade he steals a glass of wine from Valerius and has an encounter with Wiggler and Vlastomil, which ends poorly for the worms.

7. If you have an apprentice character, do they know each other? If you don’t have an apprentice character, would your OC be someone who knows/knew the general MC character or not (whether or not they would feature in the routes)?

I don’t have an established Apprentice character. Heron was originally going to be one, but I decided that he would be better suited as a character separate from the main storyline. Instead he came to be part of Jinana’s (@the-iron-orchid) continuity. 

This is a total summarization of the events of their past together, but it works:

He grew up with Jinana from the time they were about 12-years old. They apprenticed under a man named Efisio Borgia, who was a court magician under Count Spada, due to the volatility of their innate magical talents. They started seeing each other less often after leaving Master Borgia’s tutelage, but remained friends. He was not in Vesuvia during the majority of the years The Red Plague was ravaging the city, and so wasn’t there when s/he died. He did return to Vesuvia about a year after hir resurrection, at which time he began to take an active role in Jinana’s recovery.

14. If they’ve interacted with Julian what is their opinion of them? If they haven’t interacted, what would their first impressions be?

Heron has interacted with Julian. He thinks Julian is a compassionate soul, a fine doctor, a fun drinking buddy, and an excellent partner for Jinana. He also thinks he’s handsome and fun to fluster.

17. What’s something (personality aspects, body type, hobbies, etc.) that they find attractive in others?

It’s probably easier to list things that are actively unattractive to Heron. A lack of compassion, an unwillingness to learn and grow, a general lack of personal interests/hobbies, overt unchecked jealousy. (some of these things are what almost completely put a kibosh on his relationship with Valerius)

In general he values directness, honesty, compassion, kindness, and passion. How these things manifest in a partner is an interest for him.

All in all though, if you’re cute and a lot Heron will try to get to know you and see where it goes from there.

20. Share one piece of lore that you want everyone to know!