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Horse boi

Name: Figura Aquae

Nicknames: Fig, Kelp

Age: ???

Gender: Agender

Pronouns: He//Him

Sexuality: Pansexual

Species: Kelpie

Deity They Work For: N/A, chief advisor to King Felix

Appearance: Fig has two distinct forms. His first is his mortal form. He stands around 6 and a half feet tall, dwarfing Felix. He has long, dark, curly hair that reaches to about midchest, though he rarely keeps it down. It’s usually in a half-up half-down thing or a manbun. His skin is dark, and he has dark green eyes with horizontal pupils, like a goat. He has a large, wide scar across the bridge of his nose and is almost perfectly symmetrical on each side, ending right under the midpoint of his eyes. Fig is well-muscled, but not bulging— his build is more like a strongman than a professional fighter. Fig doesn’t wear armor except for leather bracers on his arms and legs. He wears an all-black cloak that conceals his whole body. Underneath he also wears an all black short sleeved shirt and pants. His belt has multiple decent-sized vials of water on it.

His other form is his equine form. Fig takes the shape of a large blue roan Belgian Draft stallion. His most common version is made entirely of water, but he feels solid to the touch. He can keep this form on dry land, and it’s very difficult to hurt him in this state as he’s made of water— only silver bullets will stop him. His eyes are a blank white and his teeth are very sharp, like a predator’s instead of normal flat horse teeth.

His other form is a flesh-and-blood version of his water form. He’s almost indistinguishable from other horses, but he has a few differences— his eyes are the same as his human form, his teeth remain the same as his water form, and his nostrils are slits that open and close so water won’t get into them. He’s able to speak in both forms, and both forms also have the same scar on their faces as his human one.

Personality: Fig is actually pretty nice, despite his outward appearance. He places a strong value on kindness, and strives to do the best that he can to other people every day. That’s one of the reasons he has chosen to serve under King Felix. He trusts the king to do the right thing, and is aware of the fact that he’s easily influenced because of how easily he trusts. Fig has put it upon himself to act like a filter/protector of other people to make sure that Felix won’t be taken advantage of. He’s fiercely protective of Felix and the kingdom of Anatina, and will willingly give his life to ensure its safety. He’s very sympathetic to the working people, and tries to make life easier for them whenever he can because he wants people to have a happy life.

When he wants to be, Fig can be very charming. When he’s not on the job or focused on making sure Felix is okay, he treats strangers like friends until they give him reason not to. He will usually give the benefit of the doubt to someone, within reason. He has a rather dark sense of humor.

He’s almost a completely other person when he’s acting as Felix’s advisor/bodyguard. He becomes very closed off and combative, especially to people that he doesn’t think are worthy of Felix’s time. He relies on his intuition to make snap judgments of others, and though he’s usually right, mistakes are made and he may over or underestimate someone or misread them entirely. He has a hard time admitting that he’s wrong, though. He will use intimidation tactics if he needs to keep people back, and it’s alarmingly easy for him to lose control of his emotions if he’s pressed. Felix often has to rein him in.

Theme Song(s): Heavy Hands by Ryan Ike

Weapons: His brute strength. He carries a broadsword and a shield emblazoned with Felix’s family crest, but he really only uses them to look scary. He doesn’t actually like to fight all that much, especially because Felix frowns upon it.

Powers: Fig is ridiculously proficient in water magic and hydrokinesis. He can pull moisture from the air to create clouds and fog, and he uses this to create rainstorms to water the crops of farmers. He can also control bodies of water up to 100 feet away from him. Because he can manipulate water vapor, he has a limited ability to control air temperature as well. He can turn water into ice, but it requires significantly more effort for him to change it back into water, so he usually avoids doing so. He can sense people and animals nearby because of the water in their bodies. As a last resort, he will manipulate the water in a creature’s body to try and stop them. He abhors doing so and will only use it if Felix’s life is in critical danger, and even then will feel awful for days or weeks afterward. He doesn’t like to impede on a person’s bodily autonomy.

Backstory: Fig was born and raised in a lake right in Anatina. He was a bit of a local legend around the villages as his kind had a habit of tempting people to the water and then devouring them. He mostly stayed under the radar due to his more infamous neighbors and his desire not to bother anyone. But as they were tamed by mortals will silver bridles, It became increasingly clear to him that independence was something that he would rather die than lose. He became violent, attacking anyone foolish enough to stray to the water’s edge, bucking and devouring any mortal who tried to ride him; one mortal came very close to breaking him, and that struggle is what resulted in his facial scar. He used his powers to create driving rains and flood many a farmer’s field, increasing the stress of a kingdom already crushed by war and famine. One day, a certain deity paid a visit to the lake’s shores at the request of a certain queen. It was Ishmael, who was sent to make peace with Figura. He spoke plainly to the kelpie, and promised that as long as he was around, no one would try to tame kelpies in Anatina as long as Figura agreed to stop terrorizing everyone. Fig agreed, the two became fast friends. Ishmael’s main mission was to defend Anatina from invaders from neighboring kingdoms and facilitate peace talks (Ishmael was a very fresh deity and eager to prove himself). Fig aided him in defending the kingdom and was welcomed into the palace by Queen Anatina and was placed in charge of the effort to stop the famine. Ishmael left soon after, going after bigger and better things. Some time later, the queen gave birth to Felix, and Fig decided to make it his duty to protect him.


 * Crush: none

Other: Fig has his suspicions that Felix is Ishmael’s demigod, but hasn’t voiced this theory and probably never will unless he knows 100% for sure that is the case.