Expedition 33 Pathologic AU
Clea - The Bachelor
Ever since she was a child, Clea was called a dreamer with how often she strived to achieve great things. But she’s always hated that title. A dream is something unattainable, nothing more than a fairytale to galavant through when the world is dark and the eyes are closed. Nay, she reaches for the tangible, that which is real. And yet, now, she’s set her sights on a goal that may very well make her a hypocrite.
Having entered medical school at the mere age of sixteen and graduating by twenty-four, Clea has spent the last six years building an empire of her own, a laboratory all to herself to study what she wants: Thanatica. It is here that she studies and battles to defeat a foe all thought to be invincible, something that even the smartest doctor could cure: death itself.
That is what brings her to the Town. It’s her greatest lead yet: an immortal man living out in some backwater village in the Steppe. But when she arrives, she finds that he has been killed. She tries to flee, to return to the safety of the Capital, but the trains won’t run. She’s trapped in the Town, forced to perform her civil duties as a doctor, as Death prowls.
Clea is the blood. That which flows from place to place and gives life to all she touches.
Faction: Utopians
Body Part: Mind
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Emma - The Haruspex
Emma fit in well with the people of the Capital—that is the unfortunate part. With her pretty face and steady hands, she seemed like any other aristocrat that walked the streets. She even indulged in some of their fine dresses and fancy hats from time to time. But there is mud in her blood, and her home would always be out where the twyre sings.
Born in the Town itself with her twin brother, Emma is a member of the Kin, the indigenous people of the Steppe. She grew up playing in those streets and listening to campfire ghost stories of beasts like the Shabnak-Adyr. Seven years ago, when she was twenty-five, she left to go to medical school in the Capital to become a surgeon, for her father, a respected member of the community, saw the limitations of his teachings as a doctor. He wanted her to have the utmost understanding of the art of the body before she ascended into her full title of menkhu. Now, a year before she graduated fully, she has returned upon getting an urgent letter from her father.
He’s dead when she arrives—murdered. And the blame is placed on her.
Emma is the organs. That which powers everything and cannot stop lest it all falls apart.
Faction: Termites
Body Part: Body
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Maelle - The Changeling
Maelle awakens in the bottom of an open grave with blood on her hands and mud in her mouth. Her arms ache like she’s been climbing up some great mountain, and her back is sore.
She calls herself a saint, sent by God to help her fellow human. People look at her oddly. They will beg on their knees for her to save them soon, and she will happily do so with her miraculous hands. She loves them! They love her! They hate her! They call her a demon, an angel. She heals them, she hears them weep. Why do they sometimes bleed when she touches them? Why won’t they stop bleeding?
A mysterious little girl, Maelle appeared seemingly out of nowhere in the Town and now wanders the streets as an urchin. The Kin speak to her like a sibling. Everyone else seems divided on their opinions of her. Some call her a thief, a murderer, but she knows she’s innocent! It was her twin who did all those things, not her!
She will do anything it takes to keep it that way, to stay in their graces, even if it means facing great pain and hardships.
Maelle is the skin. That which connects everything to all.
Faction: Humbles
Body Part: Soul
