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OOC INFORMATION.

NAME: Alba

CONTACT: mothodical on Discord

AGE: 30+

OTHER CHARACTERS: N/A

IC INFORMATION.

BASICS

CHARACTER NAME: Daan

CANON: Fear & Hunger: Termina

CANON POINT: Post-ending A with Abella as the main protagonist/playable character.

AGE: 28

BACKGROUND

HISTORY: Daan's history can be found here but it will contain a lot of dark content, so I'm including general warnings for child abuse, possible implications of CSA, cults/religions, body mutilation, suicidal ideation, and body horror. Please let me know if you need any additions made to expand on Daan's history.

PERSONALITY: Answer three of the following questions. Limit this section to 500-1,000 words in total, or 150-300 words per question.

What impression does your character give when meeting someone for the first time? How does the first impression differ from your character’s true nature?

The intended impression that Daan has is someone who lives in a higher standing than he truly does, that he is an unshakeable individual who has a cool head in the worst situations. There are parts of him that can come off even as arrogant and sarcastic, perhaps even uncaring, but those aspects can be fairly easy to disprove.

In truth, Daan is more highly empathetic than he cares to let himself. While he is extremely bitter at the world and his own life leading to this point, he isn't callous enough to completely ignore the plight of his comrades. He'll go out of his way to banter with them, and even carefully denies a seemingly underage woman from drinking alcohol. Even more deeply, Daan is severely depressed, someone who is constantly attempting to escape his own despair, brutally aware that he has nothing and no one waiting for him if he ever manages to return to his home.

Basically please imagine someone who looks pretty calm and posh on the outside, but he's a big ol' mess on the inside.

How does your character handle stress? What do they do in an emergency?

A long line of Daan's history has been stress after stress; he is a survivor of child abuse and a cult his parents were involved in, he's worked in a clinic for sometime, and then was involved in a war (equivalent to World War II) as a combat/field medic, which in turn has caused him to bear witness to some truly heinous, wretched things. In addition, Daan has ended up in a monstrous battle royale-based festival most recently, and for the most part he has reacted to many of these things with either calculation, wryness, or sarcasm.

That isn't to say that he doesn't succumb to stressful situations. In fact, he has shown to be shaken by a matter in relation to his late wife and father-in-law, which suggests that if it isn't a personal matter he's able to handle difficult situations with a cool and analytical approach instead of merely panicking. In most cases, he's most likely to make a sneering remark before aiding others than to let a situation get to him. But when that personal factor comes in, Daan does become more self-destructive, such as drinking and chainsmoking.

What are some of your character's regrets? How is your character impacted by them?

The core point of Daan's regret is concerning his late wife, Elise. While Daan was involved in helping soldiers during the Second Great War, letters suspiciously stopped arriving from Elise. Upon Daan's fervent return after the war ended would only lead him to the corpses of his father-in-law and Elise, the remains suggesting they were sacrificed in a cult ritual. Despairing over the loss of what little family he had left, Daan has since regretted it immensely. However, he is also fiercely determined to find answers as to why this happened.

Unfortunately, this culminated in a revelation, which includes spoilers: During the course of Daan's experiences in Prehevil, he ultimately discovered that both his father-in-law and wife were somehow in Prehevil as a pair of monstrous enemies. It is in this moment that Daan is visibly shaken after examining the bodies, but he never expresses to his comrades the truth. Ultimately, he still doesn't know why it's happened, and he continues to be desperate for answers.



INVENTORY:
- 1 Light Blue Vial, one time use (heals physical wounds)
- 1 White Vial, one time use (cures most poisoning and nausea)
- 2 Cloth fragments
- 1 needle full of heroin
- 1 lighter
- 1 scalpel *
- 1 bonesaw *

* These items are with the context that Daan considers them more medical tools than weapons, but if the mods feel that they would count as weapons just let me know and I will assume they are not currently present.

POWERS

SKILLS/ABILITIES:
NON-MAGICAL
Doctor - Daan has learned the majority of his skills from a license doctor, which includes his practice in a clinic and working as a combat medic/field medic during a war. He has steady hands, is an excellent surgeon, and an analytical eye. He is able to typically diagnose, and his experience with otherworldly nature can help him diagnose something unusual as well. In addition, Daan is practiced in harvesting organs as needed.

Former Butler - Has a certain grace about how he walks, and is damned good at mixing alcoholic drinks!

Firearm Handling - Daan has handled guns before and is a decent shot, not that it super matters since he doesn't have a gun with him but hey! He has the skill.

MAGICAL
Loving Whispers - A magical spell invoking the power of the Goddess Sylvian. Permits Daan to heal someone's wounds, but the amount that is healed is supposedly up to Sylvian's whims.

Medicinal - An ability that allows Daan to sacrifice an organ in order to heal someone's illness or affliction, in most cases. The organ does not need to be his own, and can be something harvested from a person even if it is a dead body.

Magna-medical - If someone has died very recently (let's say 5-10 minutes) Daan is able to completely revive that person to perfect health after sacrificing a part of his body (typically a limb)

Pheromones - Draws complete attention onto himself. Typically used to draw enemy aggravation in the game.

Healing Whispers - Similar to Loving Whispers, but the healing impacts a group of people Daan perceives as his allies, and would heal for less than a single target.

Ritual Circles - Most individuals can utilize a ritual circle, but Daan particularly is familiar with using one in relation to Sylvian, Goddess of Love and Fertility. Using a ritual circle would usually completely heal an individual of their health, including missing limbs. However, a circle can only be used once, and he would need time to draw out the circle and appropriate sigil.

NERFING: I would assume that either a spell like Magna-medical would be more demanding on Daan, or simply would not work. Much of Daan's abilities are related to healing instead of being based on attacks, so I imagine it more or less translates to Daan only being able to heal basic injuries/illnesses instead of life-threatening ones. If you have advice or think I should make additional changes, please let me know!

WEAKNESSES: Other than his own self-destructive nature, N/A!

SAMPLES.

Guest starring Peter Graham and Vergilius.