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klaude

klaude is a quiet and seemingly cold person, one that keeps everyone at arm's length. mysterious, aloof, a dark aura... but in reality, klaude is mostly just shy and anxious, worried that if people were to get close, they would get hurt. sie is extremely careful in their actions, measured and considerate with every thought and statement. one could say sie is incredibly tense. when relaxed though, when sie feels safe to breach the gap and open up to someone, sie is warm like a lantern in the night. still reserved and withdrawn, sie naturally is, but a little more chatty, a little more of a smile on hir face.

klaude was born to a family with a long history as horse breeders, talented and kind in their work. the family also had a tradition of training every generation with the sword, so as to defend the horses. there was a monster attack in the past, you see, and it wouldn't do to lose so many lives again. and the day did come where the family home was attacked again, though this time something was off - a single being had come to wreak havoc. a witch, of sorts, who wanted to see how far they could play with a single life. klaude was the unfortunate victim, though ultimately sie survived... in a way.

the witch had cursed klaude to live on, half-ghost, half-alive. "find a way to cure yourself," they laughed. "or don't. it matters not, not to me at least."

klaude's affliction was much worse at the beginning, and sie's learned to deal with most of the problems attached to it by now, but hir life was altered beyond compare that day. nightmares, cold spells, aches and pains coming and going. unpleasant, unpleasant. it did come with the ability to transform hir arm into a feathered claw, which is helpful for self defense, but... the unshakable feeling of dread, the question "am i truly living?" lingering behind hir at all times...

so klaude travels, wandering and looking for an answer to hir question, and a cure for hir curse. perhaps though, the answer is right there inside hir all along.

personality

• tense - it's quite hard to relax when you have a curse that reduced you to a half-ghost... it's turned hir into a bit of a skittish person
• warm - despite hir trust issues, klaude loves the world and will welcome anyone in without judgement, unless there is a clear reason not to
• kind - klaude will almost always reach out to anyone in need, without even thinking about it for a split second; almost like an instict or automatic movement
• distrustful - due to the ostracization from hir curse, seeing the evil that a single person can cause on a whole family, it's become quite hard to trust others
• clueless - jokes tend to go right over hir head, but sie loves hearing explanations for them, so it doesn't bother hir at all

design notes

• hir hair is dyed; the natural colour is blue-black
• sie's a bit lanky, with a flat chest
• hir left ear has two piercings on it, small black ones
• hir skin is an olive tone with lots of freckles, with an aquiline nose
• sie doesn't wear skirts or dresses

motifs

• crows, black feathers
• foggy forests
• campfires
• fireflies
• tassels

trivia

• hir lute-playing is really impressive
• sie gets along well with animals
• sie has a strong sense of smell, to the point it can be very overwhelming at times
• sie is autistic
• sie can easily memorize maps and thinks it's quite fun

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