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Feb. 8th, 2025 05:33 pmmuse.
name Ademnet
setting Fantasy OC
age 15
gender Male
occupation Thief
art credit
Player.
name Tzvia
time zone CST/CDT
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tzviaariella
off-limits topics None
Personality.
Ademnet’s life circumstances have made him bitter and wary toward strangers, but he will go to self-sacrificing lengths to protect the people he cares for. He has a blunt, crass way of speaking, and he seldom hides his disdain for nobility and religion. He is far better at snap decisions than long-term planning, and that–as well as his quick temper–lands him in many situations he would rather not be in. He means well, though. Most of the time.
background.
(cw: slavery, torture, child abuse/neglect, religious abuse, child death)
Ademnet was born in the Salinus region of Cathys, the first of seven siblings in a serf family bound to the House of Pelyar. As the eldest child, Ademnet spent much of his childhood looking after his siblings while his parents worked. At the age of ten, he joined his parents in Lord Pelyar’s employ, earning the meager “supplemental” wage given to serfs who were legally old enough to work but had not yet come of age. Despite his parents’ attempts to give him a proper Daltohan upbringing, Ademnet had far more interest in provoking his religious instructors than listening to them, earning himself a reputation as a rebel and a bad influence that would come back to haunt him later on.
When Ademnet was thirteen, his parents and five of his siblings perished in an epidemic, leaving him solely responsible for the two younger children (Tammon and Elestra) who survived. His attempts to explain the situation to Lord Pelyar’s bursar and negotiate a higher wage were rebuffed, and as a serf, he was legally barred from taking other employment without special permission from his lord. In light of his open apostasy, the Daltohan clergy refused to help him or his siblings unless he surrendered custody of the younger children to the faith and agreed never to have contact with them again. Desperate, Ademnet rejected the offer and began stealing to keep his family alive until his younger siblings were old enough to work, smuggling extra food home from his work in Lord Pelyar’s fields and breaking into shops in Salinus at night.
Two years later, shortly before Tammon would finally turn ten, Ademnet was spotted pocketing grain from Lord Pelyar’s wheat field and dragged before the lord on accusations of theft. Hoping for mercy, Ademnet admitted to the crime and explained the stolen wheat was to feed his orphaned siblings. Unmoved, Lord Pelyar forced Elestra and Tammon to watch as Ademnet was brutally, publicly flogged, then sold them both into servitude off his lands for their supposed “crimes.” As for Ademnet, he was sentenced to death by hanging, branded on the wrist to prevent his escape, and shipped off to the capital city of Aralis for execution.
As Ademnet sat in prison waiting to die, however, the crown prince of Cathys visited him with an offer to avoid his fate. He, Prince Clogen, would release Ademnet from prison in secret and provide him with weapons and provisions, if Ademnet would agree to kidnap the princess of the neighboring country of Amgovar (Cathys’s bitter enemy) as part of a plot to unify both countries by marriage. Ademnet agreed on two conditions: that Prince Clogen would free and provide for his siblings once Ademnet’s task was done, and that Prince Clogen’s men would kill Ademnet during the princess’s staged “rescue” rather than letting him face a torturous execution for the crime. Now on the run as a fugitive, Ademnet is determined to succeed at his quest and secure a decent life for his siblings--even at the cost of his own.
Ademnet was born in the Salinus region of Cathys, the first of seven siblings in a serf family bound to the House of Pelyar. As the eldest child, Ademnet spent much of his childhood looking after his siblings while his parents worked. At the age of ten, he joined his parents in Lord Pelyar’s employ, earning the meager “supplemental” wage given to serfs who were legally old enough to work but had not yet come of age. Despite his parents’ attempts to give him a proper Daltohan upbringing, Ademnet had far more interest in provoking his religious instructors than listening to them, earning himself a reputation as a rebel and a bad influence that would come back to haunt him later on.
When Ademnet was thirteen, his parents and five of his siblings perished in an epidemic, leaving him solely responsible for the two younger children (Tammon and Elestra) who survived. His attempts to explain the situation to Lord Pelyar’s bursar and negotiate a higher wage were rebuffed, and as a serf, he was legally barred from taking other employment without special permission from his lord. In light of his open apostasy, the Daltohan clergy refused to help him or his siblings unless he surrendered custody of the younger children to the faith and agreed never to have contact with them again. Desperate, Ademnet rejected the offer and began stealing to keep his family alive until his younger siblings were old enough to work, smuggling extra food home from his work in Lord Pelyar’s fields and breaking into shops in Salinus at night.
Two years later, shortly before Tammon would finally turn ten, Ademnet was spotted pocketing grain from Lord Pelyar’s wheat field and dragged before the lord on accusations of theft. Hoping for mercy, Ademnet admitted to the crime and explained the stolen wheat was to feed his orphaned siblings. Unmoved, Lord Pelyar forced Elestra and Tammon to watch as Ademnet was brutally, publicly flogged, then sold them both into servitude off his lands for their supposed “crimes.” As for Ademnet, he was sentenced to death by hanging, branded on the wrist to prevent his escape, and shipped off to the capital city of Aralis for execution.
As Ademnet sat in prison waiting to die, however, the crown prince of Cathys visited him with an offer to avoid his fate. He, Prince Clogen, would release Ademnet from prison in secret and provide him with weapons and provisions, if Ademnet would agree to kidnap the princess of the neighboring country of Amgovar (Cathys’s bitter enemy) as part of a plot to unify both countries by marriage. Ademnet agreed on two conditions: that Prince Clogen would free and provide for his siblings once Ademnet’s task was done, and that Prince Clogen’s men would kill Ademnet during the princess’s staged “rescue” rather than letting him face a torturous execution for the crime. Now on the run as a fugitive, Ademnet is determined to succeed at his quest and secure a decent life for his siblings--even at the cost of his own.
impressions.
appearance. Ademnet is a short, shaggy-haired fifteen-year-old who gives off the (correct) impression of having been chronically underfed. He has multiple scars, only one of which is readily visible: a single, thin whip scar on his left cheek. The rest--extensive whip scars on his back and shoulders and a brand on his right wrist in the shape of a circle around a crescent moon--he keeps carefully hidden at all times.
attire. Ademnet dresses like your average fantasy novel peasant: a thick wool cloak, long pants, leather boots, and a long-sleeved, belted tunic. All of his clothes have seen heavy use, and none of them are fancy.
voice. Ademnet has a strongly lower-class (in his world) manner of speaking, with lots of dropped consonants and unusual, highly regional phrasing choices. His speech is peppered with curse words from his home world, and his voice is still prone to the occasional pubescent crack. He has a surprisingly good singing voice.
attire. Ademnet dresses like your average fantasy novel peasant: a thick wool cloak, long pants, leather boots, and a long-sleeved, belted tunic. All of his clothes have seen heavy use, and none of them are fancy.
voice. Ademnet has a strongly lower-class (in his world) manner of speaking, with lots of dropped consonants and unusual, highly regional phrasing choices. His speech is peppered with curse words from his home world, and his voice is still prone to the occasional pubescent crack. He has a surprisingly good singing voice.
height
5'2"
build
scrawny
eyes
brown
hair
brown
permissions.
backtags
✓
4th-walling
✗
thread jacks
?
assumed cr
✗
injuries
✓
death
?
content warnings. Ademnet’s backstory includes slavery, torture, child abuse/neglect, religious abuse, homophobia, and the deaths of multiple family members, including children. He’s currently on a suicide mission to kidnap and potentially torture a woman he doesn’t know.
shipping. Ademnet is a closeted gay teenager on a suicide mission who thinks that opening up to anybody is likely to kill him faster. You’re unlikely to get anywhere on this front, but if chemistry develops, I’m open.
physical affection. He’s unlikely to initiate except with someone he’s very close to, and the fact the only physical contact he’s had recently has been violent will make him skittish about being touched. He could really, really use a hug, though (not that he'll ever admit it).
violence. Go for it. In general, Ademnet would rather not start a fight, but he has no remorse about ending one. He's skilled with knives, but he's also perfectly happy to throw hands. He has a quick temper, and he fights dirty--his time as a thief and a fugitive have taught him that honorable fighting is bullshit that will get you killed.
magic/special powers. Ademnet has none of his own and is deeply, superstitiously afraid of magic. OOC, other characters using powers on him without warning is fair game. IC, he will not react well.
shipping. Ademnet is a closeted gay teenager on a suicide mission who thinks that opening up to anybody is likely to kill him faster. You’re unlikely to get anywhere on this front, but if chemistry develops, I’m open.
physical affection. He’s unlikely to initiate except with someone he’s very close to, and the fact the only physical contact he’s had recently has been violent will make him skittish about being touched. He could really, really use a hug, though (not that he'll ever admit it).
violence. Go for it. In general, Ademnet would rather not start a fight, but he has no remorse about ending one. He's skilled with knives, but he's also perfectly happy to throw hands. He has a quick temper, and he fights dirty--his time as a thief and a fugitive have taught him that honorable fighting is bullshit that will get you killed.
magic/special powers. Ademnet has none of his own and is deeply, superstitiously afraid of magic. OOC, other characters using powers on him without warning is fair game. IC, he will not react well.
